Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 11,480 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Belgium stood at 11,480 ha.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and up 856.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 13,390 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 2013.
Belgium ranks 10th of 108 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,830 ha | — |
| 2001 | 3,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,370 ha | -32.3% |
| 2005 | 2,204 ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 2,128 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 1,900 ha | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 1,657 ha | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 1,838 ha | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 1,800 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 1,300 ha | -23.5% |
| 2013 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,285 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 1,294 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,279 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 11,070 ha | +765.5% |
| 2019 | 11,520 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 12,030 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 12,810 ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 13,390 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 12,060 ha | -9.9% |
| 2024 | 11,480 ha | -4.8% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 11,480 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 39.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 11,480 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 23.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +765.5% | 1,279 ha | 11,070 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,673 ha | 1,657 ha | 3,830 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,365 ha | 1,200 ha | 11,520 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,354 ha | 11,480 ha | 13,390 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,817 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 21,747 ha compare
- 8 Japan 20,033 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 2,065 ha compare
- 9 France 16,980 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 Australia 9,214 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 0 ha
- 13 Malaysia 8,617 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Belgium?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Belgium was 11,480 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 13,390 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 2013.
- How does Belgium rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 10th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 856.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium 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.