Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 10,498 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 10,498 ha.
That represents a change of up 15.5% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 11,320 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2,376 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 11th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,376 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,452 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 2,682 ha | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 2,706 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 2,702 ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 2,646 ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 2,837 ha | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 2,861 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 2,987 ha | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 2,935 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 2,872 ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 2,888 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 3,022 ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 2,832 ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 3,034 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 3,255 ha | +7.3% |
| 1977 | 3,391 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 3,631 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 3,725 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 3,834 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 3,845 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 4,112 ha | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 4,205 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 4,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 4,378 ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 4,485 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 4,698 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 4,801 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 4,887 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 5,273 ha | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 4,906 ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 4,775 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 4,905 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 5,304 ha | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 5,812 ha | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 5,939 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 5,932 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 6,714 ha | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 7,176 ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 6,711 ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 7,172 ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 7,257 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 7,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 7,263 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 6,923 ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 9,253 ha | +33.7% |
| 2007 | 11,320 ha | +22.3% |
| 2008 | 8,607 ha | -24.0% |
| 2009 | 8,652 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 8,757 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 10,119 ha | +15.6% |
| 2012 | 7,851 ha | -22.4% |
| 2013 | 8,645 ha | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 9,534 ha | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 8,421 ha | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 10,168 ha | +20.7% |
| 2017 | 9,819 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 9,241 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 9,282 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 7,077 ha | -23.8% |
| 2021 | 8,960 ha | +26.6% |
| 2022 | 8,493 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 9,087 ha | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 10,498 ha | +15.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,694 ha | 2,376 ha | 2,987 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,158 ha | 2,832 ha | 3,725 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,364 ha | 3,834 ha | 4,887 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,674 ha | 4,775 ha | 7,176 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,046 ha | 6,711 ha | 11,320 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,184 ha | 7,851 ha | 10,168 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,823 ha | 7,077 ha | 10,498 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 8 Japan 20,033 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 2,065 ha compare
- 9 France 16,980 ha compare
- 10 Belgium 11,480 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 353 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 22 ha compare
- 12 Australia 9,214 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 0 ha
- 13 Malaysia 8,617 ha compare
- 14 Guinea 8,003 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 10,498 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 11,320 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,376 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 11th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.