Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in China
China: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 635,344 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in China is 635,344 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is 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 peaked at 642,818 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 51,530 ha, in 1970.
China ranks 1st 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105,550 ha | -29.9% |
| 1963 | 90,550 ha | -14.2% |
| 1964 | 80,600 ha | -11.0% |
| 1965 | 80,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 76,350 ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 76,450 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 71,350 ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 71,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 51,530 ha | -27.9% |
| 1971 | 56,570 ha | +9.8% |
| 1972 | 56,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 61,650 ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 61,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 61,675 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 61,453 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 61,594 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 69,590 ha | +13.0% |
| 1979 | 66,166 ha | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 65,992 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 71,090 ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 76,010 ha | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 80,950 ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 85,850 ha | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 90,750 ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 90,960 ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 90,910 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 96,120 ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 101,150 ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 105,700 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 115,710 ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 100,480 ha | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 140,440 ha | +39.8% |
| 1994 | 170,384 ha | +21.3% |
| 1995 | 180,230 ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 210,150 ha | +16.6% |
| 1997 | 244,200 ha | +16.2% |
| 1998 | 260,250 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 290,266 ha | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 330,276 ha | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 350,285 ha | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 400,254 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 420,246 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 500,254 ha | +19.0% |
| 2005 | 495,876 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 525,255 ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 535,265 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 545,250 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 550,245 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 563,242 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 570,250 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 575,250 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 570,250 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 591,871 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 627,723 ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 596,612 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 608,035 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 610,787 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 619,673 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 627,191 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 642,818 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 629,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 633,307 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 635,344 ha | +0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 635,344 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 336.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- China's 635,344 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,515 ha, 252.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +39.8% | 100,480 ha | 140,440 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,272 ha | 71,350 ha | 150,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,833 ha | 51,530 ha | 69,590 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,978 ha | 65,992 ha | 101,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 181,781 ha | 100,480 ha | 290,266 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 465,321 ha | 330,276 ha | 550,245 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 593,369 ha | 563,242 ha | 627,723 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 633,712 ha | 627,191 ha | 642,818 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 635,105 ha compare
- 3 India 186,498 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 21,737 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,527 ha compare
- 4 Spain 32,940 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in China?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in China was 635,344 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?
- The highest recorded value was 642,818 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,530 ha in 1970.
- How does China rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.