Portugal vs South America: Lettuce and chicory — Yield
Lettuce and chicory — Yield over time
- Portugal
- South America
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 24,612 kg/ha against 15,024 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 9,588 kg/ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.6 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Portugal ranks 24th and South America ranks 23rd of 107 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,259 kg/ha | 10,435 kg/ha | 9,824 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 18,515 kg/ha | 10,362 kg/ha | 8,154 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 21,748 kg/ha | 10,823 kg/ha | 10,925 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 21,826 kg/ha | 12,143 kg/ha | 9,683 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 21,863 kg/ha | 13,550 kg/ha | 8,314 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 24,067 kg/ha | 14,539 kg/ha | 9,529 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 25,840 kg/ha | 14,930 kg/ha | 10,910 kg/ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lettuce and chicory — yield, Portugal or South America?
- Portugal, at 24,612 kg/ha against 15,024 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lettuce and chicory — yield between Portugal and South America?
- 9,588 kg/ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and South America rank globally for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Portugal ranks 24th and South America ranks 23rd of 107 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lettuce and chicory — Yield. 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.