Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 26,004 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Central America stood at 26,004 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Central America peaked at 27,403 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,350 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 18th 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 Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,370 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 1,390 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 1,430 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 1,490 ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 1,520 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 1,630 ha | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 1,770 ha | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 1,850 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 1,370 ha | -25.9% |
| 1971 | 1,632 ha | +19.1% |
| 1972 | 1,515 ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 1,865 ha | +23.1% |
| 1974 | 2,210 ha | +18.5% |
| 1975 | 2,409 ha | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 2,469 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 2,517 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 2,566 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 3,734 ha | +45.5% |
| 1980 | 3,452 ha | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 4,079 ha | +18.2% |
| 1982 | 4,923 ha | +20.7% |
| 1983 | 4,329 ha | -12.1% |
| 1984 | 5,630 ha | +30.1% |
| 1985 | 4,718 ha | -16.2% |
| 1986 | 6,501 ha | +37.8% |
| 1987 | 7,059 ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 8,150 ha | +15.5% |
| 1989 | 8,080 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 7,035 ha | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 8,372 ha | +19.0% |
| 1992 | 8,834 ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 8,527 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 8,336 ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 7,780 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 8,323 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 10,295 ha | +23.7% |
| 1998 | 11,059 ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 12,768 ha | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 11,399 ha | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 11,034 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 11,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 12,408 ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 13,287 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 13,982 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 14,923 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 15,682 ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 15,544 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 18,553 ha | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 19,171 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 21,039 ha | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 18,969 ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 21,163 ha | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 22,263 ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 23,652 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 23,506 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 24,397 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 23,831 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 23,851 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 25,589 ha | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 25,206 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 27,403 ha | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 27,083 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 26,004 ha | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,533 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,229 ha | 1,370 ha | 3,734 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,692 ha | 3,452 ha | 8,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,133 ha | 7,035 ha | 12,768 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,831 ha | 11,034 ha | 18,553 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,184 ha | 18,969 ha | 24,397 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,257 ha | 25,206 ha | 27,403 ha | 5 |
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- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 12,410 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 3.52 million An (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.12 million t (2024)
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- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals 5.49 million An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Central America?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Central America was 26,004 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 27,403 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,350 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.