Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 56,275 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Africa stood at 56,275 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 168.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Africa peaked at 56,275 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,253 ha, in 1966.
Africa ranks 11th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,530 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,533 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 3,532 ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,072 ha | +15.3% |
| 1965 | 3,284 ha | -19.4% |
| 1966 | 3,253 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 3,438 ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 3,561 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 4,253 ha | +19.4% |
| 1970 | 4,429 ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 4,627 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 4,924 ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 5,032 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 6,417 ha | +27.5% |
| 1975 | 6,309 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 7,114 ha | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 7,738 ha | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 8,403 ha | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 9,280 ha | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 9,442 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 9,482 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 8,876 ha | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 8,637 ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 7,859 ha | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 8,723 ha | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 9,273 ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 9,384 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 9,368 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 8,659 ha | -7.6% |
| 1990 | 10,949 ha | +26.4% |
| 1991 | 19,002 ha | +73.6% |
| 1992 | 19,534 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 20,534 ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 21,441 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 21,576 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 22,415 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 22,663 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 24,536 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 21,807 ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 23,132 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 22,929 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 21,536 ha | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 22,153 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 21,338 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 20,919 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 20,530 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 19,714 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 20,565 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 19,675 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 22,996 ha | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 19,342 ha | -15.9% |
| 2012 | 21,332 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 20,616 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 20,979 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 34,080 ha | +62.4% |
| 2016 | 33,795 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 32,723 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 32,203 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 35,592 ha | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 37,650 ha | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 37,053 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 44,303 ha | +19.6% |
| 2023 | 53,498 ha | +20.8% |
| 2024 | 56,275 ha | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,606 ha | 3,253 ha | 4,253 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,427 ha | 4,429 ha | 9,280 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,970 ha | 7,859 ha | 9,482 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,446 ha | 10,949 ha | 24,536 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,249 ha | 19,675 ha | 23,132 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,366 ha | 19,342 ha | 35,592 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,756 ha | 37,053 ha | 56,275 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Africa was 56,275 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 56,275 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,253 ha in 1966.
- How does Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 168.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.