Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 5,076 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 5,076 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 9,857 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 560 ha, in 1988.
That places Colombia 21st out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 2,950 ha | +18.0% |
| 1978 | 3,300 ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 3,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,900 ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | -48.3% |
| 1987 | 876 ha | -41.6% |
| 1988 | 560 ha | -36.1% |
| 1989 | 610 ha | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 700 ha | +14.8% |
| 1991 | 650 ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 640 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 630 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 661 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 662 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 775 ha | +17.1% |
| 1997 | 750 ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 950 ha | +26.7% |
| 1999 | 1,141 ha | +20.1% |
| 2000 | 1,094 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 1,045 ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 919 ha | -12.1% |
| 2003 | 881 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 927 ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 984 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 825 ha | -16.2% |
| 2007 | 1,090 ha | +32.1% |
| 2008 | 3,030 ha | +178.0% |
| 2009 | 2,949 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 2,932 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 3,161 ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 3,527 ha | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 4,035 ha | +14.4% |
| 2014 | 3,646 ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 3,545 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 4,149 ha | +17.0% |
| 2017 | 6,387 ha | +53.9% |
| 2018 | 9,857 ha | +54.3% |
| 2019 | 9,609 ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 4,909 ha | -48.9% |
| 2021 | 5,246 ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 5,072 ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 4,892 ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 5,076 ha | +3.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 5,076 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 2.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 5,076 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 169 ha, 30.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +178.0% | 1,090 ha | 3,030 ha |
| 2017 | +53.9% | 4,149 ha | 6,387 ha |
| 2018 | +54.3% | 6,387 ha | 9,857 ha |
| 2020 | -48.9% | 9,609 ha | 4,909 ha |
| 1986 | -48.3% | 2,900 ha | 1,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,878 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,575 ha | 2,100 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,325 ha | 560 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 755.9 ha | 630 ha | 1,141 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,374 ha | 825 ha | 3,030 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,085 ha | 2,932 ha | 9,857 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,039 ha | 4,892 ha | 5,246 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 18 Mali 6,387 ha compare
- 19 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5,880 ha compare
- 20 Peru 5,526 ha compare
- 22 Egypt 4,911 ha compare
- 23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4,610 ha compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 4,181 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 3,838 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Colombia?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Colombia was 5,076 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,857 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 560 ha in 1988.
- How does Colombia rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 21st out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia 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.