Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 635,105 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in China, mainland stood at 635,105 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 642,584 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 1970.
China, mainland ranks 2nd 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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1963 | 90,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 80,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 75,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 70,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 50,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1971 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 60,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 68,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1979 | 65,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 75,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 85,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 90,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 100,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 115,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 100,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 140,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1994 | 170,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 1995 | 180,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 210,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 244,000 ha | +16.2% |
| 1998 | 260,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 290,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 330,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 350,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 400,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 420,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 500,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 2005 | 495,627 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 525,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 535,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 545,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 550,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 563,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 570,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 575,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 570,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 591,637 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 627,488 ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 596,375 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 607,798 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 610,551 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 619,440 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 626,961 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 642,584 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 629,662 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 633,069 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 635,105 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88,333 ha | 70,000 ha | 150,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,300 ha | 50,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,000 ha | 65,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 181,400 ha | 100,000 ha | 290,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 465,063 ha | 330,000 ha | 550,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 593,129 ha | 563,000 ha | 627,488 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 633,476 ha | 626,961 ha | 642,584 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in China, mainland was 635,105 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 642,584 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1970.
- How does China, mainland rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.