Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 4,911 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Egypt, 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 Egypt is 4,911 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 6,465 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,680 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 22nd of 108 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,680 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,076 ha | +23.6% |
| 1966 | 2,032 ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 2,228 ha | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 2,520 ha | +13.1% |
| 1969 | 2,941 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 2,941 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,941 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,941 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,941 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,781 ha | +28.6% |
| 1975 | 3,361 ha | -11.1% |
| 1976 | 4,166 ha | +24.0% |
| 1977 | 4,470 ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 5,205 ha | +16.4% |
| 1979 | 6,117 ha | +17.5% |
| 1980 | 6,224 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 6,334 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 5,236 ha | -17.3% |
| 1983 | 5,460 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 4,620 ha | -15.4% |
| 1985 | 5,460 ha | +18.2% |
| 1986 | 5,880 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 5,900 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 5,880 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 5,040 ha | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 5,569 ha | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 5,510 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 5,307 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 5,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 5,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 5,118 ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 5,527 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 5,044 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 6,400 ha | +26.9% |
| 1999 | 6,285 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 6,072 ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 6,465 ha | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 5,568 ha | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 5,937 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 5,704 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 6,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 4,876 ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 4,948 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 3,953 ha | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 4,214 ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 4,198 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 4,253 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 4,124 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 4,541 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 4,514 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 3,296 ha | -27.0% |
| 2017 | 4,173 ha | +26.6% |
| 2018 | 3,976 ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 3,950 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 3,700 ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 4,932 ha | +29.8% |
| 2024 | 4,911 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,057 ha | 1,680 ha | 2,941 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,886 ha | 2,941 ha | 6,117 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,603 ha | 4,620 ha | 6,334 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,566 ha | 5,044 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,502 ha | 3,953 ha | 6,465 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,124 ha | 3,296 ha | 4,541 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,169 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,932 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 19 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5,880 ha compare
- 20 Peru 5,526 ha compare
- 21 Colombia 5,076 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Egypt?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Egypt was 4,911 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 6,465 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,680 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 22nd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.