Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 120,070 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 120,070 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 142,421 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 97,272 ha, in 1961.
European Union (27) ranks 8th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 97,272 ha | — |
| 1962 | 99,666 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 106,407 ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 105,074 ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 106,270 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 110,346 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 108,672 ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 109,441 ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 109,373 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 108,060 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 107,123 ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 111,525 ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 111,916 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 112,214 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 113,503 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 110,333 ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 112,482 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 114,701 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 112,671 ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 110,161 ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 109,058 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 108,008 ha | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 107,600 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 108,624 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 109,477 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 109,894 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 114,150 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 119,982 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 122,203 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 122,199 ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 125,875 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 128,077 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 130,394 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 132,247 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 128,742 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 137,058 ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 134,627 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 138,326 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 142,421 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 141,563 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 139,799 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 136,914 ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 138,099 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 139,366 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 139,175 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 140,926 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 136,606 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 135,169 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 130,575 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 126,257 ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 121,498 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 114,516 ha | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 117,086 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 110,554 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 110,388 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 114,635 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 114,277 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 133,140 ha | +16.5% |
| 2019 | 134,420 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 131,050 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 131,020 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 123,830 ha | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 117,600 ha | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 120,070 ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105,836 ha | 97,272 ha | 110,346 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 111,453 ha | 107,123 ha | 114,701 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 111,916 ha | 107,600 ha | 122,203 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 131,997 ha | 122,199 ha | 142,421 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,819 ha | 130,575 ha | 141,563 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 119,677 ha | 110,388 ha | 134,420 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 124,714 ha | 117,600 ha | 131,050 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in European Union (27) was 120,070 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 142,421 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 97,272 ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.