Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in France
France: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 16,980 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
France recorded 16,980 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 89.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in France peaked at 27,900 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 8,588 ha, in 2017.
That places France 9th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,900 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 25,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 26,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 25,600 ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 27,900 ha | +9.0% |
| 1967 | 26,900 ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 25,500 ha | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 26,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 23,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 21,300 ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 24,756 ha | +16.2% |
| 1973 | 25,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 24,900 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 25,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 24,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 24,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 24,500 ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 22,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1980 | 20,300 ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 20,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 20,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,200 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 19,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 19,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 19,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 21,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 18,800 ha | -11.3% |
| 1989 | 18,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 18,857 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 19,242 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 20,195 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 20,473 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 20,383 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 19,700 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 18,934 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 17,743 ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 17,848 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 18,025 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 18,140 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 17,919 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 17,489 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 17,528 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 17,643 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 17,016 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 17,016 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16,522 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 16,349 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 15,931 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 12,420 ha | -22.0% |
| 2011 | 12,241 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 11,340 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 11,256 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 8,955 ha | -20.4% |
| 2015 | 8,827 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 8,847 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 8,588 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 18,820 ha | +119.1% |
| 2019 | 18,350 ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 17,580 ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 17,310 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 16,690 ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 16,450 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 16,980 ha | +3.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 16,980 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 57.8× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- France's 16,980 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 34.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +119.1% | 8,588 ha | 18,820 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,989 ha | 24,900 ha | 27,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,976 ha | 21,300 ha | 25,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,930 ha | 18,700 ha | 21,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,140 ha | 17,743 ha | 20,473 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,155 ha | 15,931 ha | 18,140 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,964 ha | 8,588 ha | 18,820 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,002 ha | 16,450 ha | 17,580 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 6 Niger 28,817 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,649 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,817 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 21,747 ha compare
- 8 Japan 20,033 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 2,065 ha compare
- 10 Belgium 11,480 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 353 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 10,498 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 22 ha compare
- 12 Australia 9,214 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 0 ha
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in France?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in France was 16,980 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 27,900 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,588 ha in 2017.
- How does France rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- France ranks 9th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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.