Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 182,106 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 182,106 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Americas peaked at 199,501 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 91,451 ha, in 1962.
That places Americas 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 99,277 ha | — |
| 1962 | 91,451 ha | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 98,982 ha | +8.2% |
| 1964 | 97,998 ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 99,051 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 99,814 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 101,846 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 102,194 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 105,083 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 107,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 100,594 ha | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 102,001 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 103,791 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 106,249 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 107,116 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 106,046 ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 108,156 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 112,308 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 117,645 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 114,373 ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 109,859 ha | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 107,905 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 103,864 ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 109,943 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 108,930 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 105,882 ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 111,950 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 119,045 ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 121,160 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 116,006 ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 112,681 ha | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 135,010 ha | +19.8% |
| 1993 | 134,323 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 142,966 ha | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 134,732 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 144,348 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 144,565 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 144,279 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 147,429 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 145,342 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 147,343 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 151,217 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 160,032 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 159,949 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 152,375 ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 166,022 ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 157,236 ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 150,778 ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 149,497 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 151,490 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 152,329 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 160,351 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 159,479 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 160,085 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 161,037 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 184,318 ha | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 191,326 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 178,252 ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 167,627 ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 165,490 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 197,643 ha | +19.4% |
| 2022 | 199,501 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 192,117 ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 182,106 ha | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,522 ha | 91,451 ha | 105,083 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 107,126 ha | 100,594 ha | 117,645 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 111,291 ha | 103,864 ha | 121,160 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 135,634 ha | 112,681 ha | 147,429 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 153,979 ha | 145,342 ha | 166,022 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,629 ha | 151,490 ha | 191,326 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 187,371 ha | 165,490 ha | 199,501 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 China 635,344 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 635,105 ha compare
- 3 India 186,498 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 21,737 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,527 ha compare
- 4 Spain 32,940 ha compare
- 5 Italy 30,120 ha compare
- 6 Niger 28,817 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,649 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,817 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 21,747 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Americas?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Americas was 182,106 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 199,501 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 91,451 ha in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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.