China vs Spain: Lettuce and chicory — Production
Lettuce and chicory — Production over time
- China
- Spain
How they compare
China currently reports 14.70 million t against 916,400 t in Spain, a difference of 13.78 million t.
That makes China's figure about 16.0 times Spain's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Spain ranks 4th of 116 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.52 million t | 364,900 t | 1.16 million t | China |
| 1970s | 1.29 million t | 437,840 t | 848,324 t | China |
| 1980s | 1.87 million t | 638,056 t | 1.23 million t | China |
| 1990s | 4.29 million t | 975,322 t | 3.31 million t | China |
| 2000s | 10.44 million t | 992,305 t | 9.44 million t | China |
| 2010s | 14.03 million t | 914,377 t | 13.12 million t | China |
| 2020s | 14.72 million t | 957,046 t | 13.77 million t | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lettuce and chicory — production, China or Spain?
- China, at 14.70 million t against 916,400 t in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lettuce and chicory — production between China and Spain?
- 13.78 million t, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Spain rank globally for lettuce and chicory — production?
- China ranks 1st and Spain ranks 4th of 116 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lettuce and chicory — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.