Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 1,535 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 1,535 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 76.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 2,116 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 131 ha, in 1982.
Eastern Africa ranks 26th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 135 ha | — |
| 1962 | 138 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 142 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 152 ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 168 ha | +10.5% |
| 1966 | 178 ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 165 ha | -7.3% |
| 1968 | 176 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 172 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 180 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 178 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 225 ha | +26.4% |
| 1973 | 233 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 228 ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 340 ha | +49.1% |
| 1976 | 240 ha | -29.4% |
| 1977 | 260 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 290 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 155 ha | -46.6% |
| 1980 | 210 ha | +35.5% |
| 1981 | 139 ha | -33.8% |
| 1982 | 131 ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 169 ha | +29.0% |
| 1984 | 189 ha | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 213 ha | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 293 ha | +37.6% |
| 1987 | 364 ha | +24.2% |
| 1988 | 513 ha | +40.9% |
| 1989 | 441 ha | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 645 ha | +46.3% |
| 1991 | 642 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 694 ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 964 ha | +38.9% |
| 1994 | 1,525 ha | +58.2% |
| 1995 | 1,228 ha | -19.5% |
| 1996 | 1,165 ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 1,173 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 747 ha | -36.3% |
| 1999 | 973 ha | +30.3% |
| 2000 | 973 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 820 ha | -15.7% |
| 2002 | 732 ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 627 ha | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 882 ha | +40.7% |
| 2005 | 980 ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 994 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 467 ha | -53.0% |
| 2008 | 470 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 485 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 547 ha | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 521 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 1,541 ha | +195.8% |
| 2013 | 1,582 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 869 ha | -45.1% |
| 2015 | 1,762 ha | +102.8% |
| 2016 | 2,116 ha | +20.1% |
| 2017 | 781 ha | -63.1% |
| 2018 | 916 ha | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 1,383 ha | +51.0% |
| 2020 | 1,022 ha | -26.1% |
| 2021 | 1,941 ha | +89.9% |
| 2022 | 1,360 ha | -29.9% |
| 2023 | 1,345 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1,535 ha | +14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 158.44 ha | 135 ha | 178 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 232.9 ha | 155 ha | 340 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 266.2 ha | 131 ha | 513 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 975.6 ha | 642 ha | 1,525 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 743 ha | 467 ha | 994 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,202 ha | 521 ha | 2,116 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,441 ha | 1,022 ha | 1,941 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4,610 ha compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 4,181 ha compare
- 25 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,966 ha compare
- 26 Guatemala 3,809 ha compare
- 27 Thailand 3,746 ha compare
- 28 Tunisia 3,683 ha compare
- 29 Canada 3,446 ha compare
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- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 135,663 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1,535 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,116 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 131 ha in 1982.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.