Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 659,558 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 659,558 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 666,648 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 60,530 ha, in 1970.
That places Eastern Asia 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 151,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 106,950 ha | -29.5% |
| 1963 | 92,150 ha | -13.8% |
| 1964 | 82,430 ha | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 83,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 79,770 ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 81,010 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 76,950 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 78,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 60,530 ha | -22.9% |
| 1971 | 67,470 ha | +11.5% |
| 1972 | 68,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 73,750 ha | +8.5% |
| 1974 | 75,460 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 76,020 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 77,406 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 79,219 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 87,708 ha | +10.7% |
| 1979 | 85,633 ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 87,612 ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 92,660 ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 98,067 ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 103,692 ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 110,168 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 114,163 ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 115,241 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 115,918 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 121,989 ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 128,345 ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 132,990 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 144,368 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 128,659 ha | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 170,079 ha | +32.2% |
| 1994 | 200,295 ha | +17.8% |
| 1995 | 210,737 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 238,875 ha | +13.4% |
| 1997 | 272,028 ha | +13.9% |
| 1998 | 288,457 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 318,860 ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 359,961 ha | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 379,099 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 429,032 ha | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 449,340 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 528,845 ha | +17.7% |
| 2005 | 522,986 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 551,783 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 561,249 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 570,424 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 576,132 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 589,390 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 595,741 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 600,402 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 595,137 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 617,200 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 653,245 ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 621,599 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 633,319 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 636,260 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 644,502 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 651,705 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 666,648 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 653,704 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 657,103 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 659,558 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92,540 ha | 76,950 ha | 151,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 75,120 ha | 60,530 ha | 87,708 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,786 ha | 87,612 ha | 128,345 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 210,535 ha | 128,659 ha | 318,860 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 492,885 ha | 359,961 ha | 576,132 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 618,680 ha | 589,390 ha | 653,245 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 657,744 ha | 651,705 ha | 666,648 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 China (People’s Republic of) 635,344 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 635,105 ha compare
- 3 India 186,498 ha compare
- 4 Spain 32,940 ha compare
- 5 Italy 30,120 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 659,558 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 666,648 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,530 ha in 1970.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.