Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 9,214 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Australia stood at 9,214 ha.
That represents a change of up 13.3% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Australia peaked at 10,011 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,876 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 12th out of 108 countries 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 Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,876 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,942 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 1,952 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 1,906 ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 2,014 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 2,042 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 2,185 ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 2,187 ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 2,249 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 2,179 ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 2,191 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 2,183 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 2,294 ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 1,978 ha | -13.8% |
| 1975 | 2,289 ha | +15.7% |
| 1976 | 2,393 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 2,645 ha | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 2,789 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 2,927 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 3,007 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 2,925 ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 3,157 ha | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 3,205 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 3,500 ha | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 3,578 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 3,751 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 3,914 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 4,013 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 4,020 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 4,073 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 3,787 ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 3,914 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 4,285 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 4,012 ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 4,690 ha | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 4,731 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 5,714 ha | +20.8% |
| 1999 | 6,176 ha | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 5,170 ha | -16.3% |
| 2001 | 5,758 ha | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 5,970 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 6,134 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 6,121 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5,716 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 8,053 ha | +40.9% |
| 2007 | 10,011 ha | +24.3% |
| 2008 | 7,307 ha | -27.0% |
| 2009 | 7,411 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 7,558 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 9,071 ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 6,601 ha | -27.2% |
| 2013 | 7,256 ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 7,925 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 6,907 ha | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 8,679 ha | +25.7% |
| 2017 | 8,287 ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 7,784 ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 7,777 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 5,495 ha | -29.3% |
| 2021 | 7,378 ha | +34.3% |
| 2022 | 7,536 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 8,130 ha | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 9,214 ha | +13.3% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 9,214 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 31.3× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Australia's 9,214 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,515 ha, 3.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,039 ha | 1,876 ha | 2,249 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,387 ha | 1,978 ha | 2,927 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,507 ha | 2,925 ha | 4,020 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,538 ha | 3,787 ha | 6,176 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,765 ha | 5,170 ha | 10,011 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,784 ha | 6,601 ha | 9,071 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,551 ha | 5,495 ha | 9,214 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 9 France 16,980 ha compare
- 10 Belgium 11,480 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 353 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 10,498 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 22 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 0 ha
- 13 Malaysia 8,617 ha compare
- 14 Guinea 8,003 ha compare
- 15 Bangladesh 7,563 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Australia?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Australia was 9,214 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?
- The highest recorded value was 10,011 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,876 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 12th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.