Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 7,060 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 7,060 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 50.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Germany peaked at 15,190 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4,039 ha, in 1986.
Germany ranks 17th 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 Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,402 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,554 ha | -15.7% |
| 1963 | 4,790 ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 4,445 ha | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 4,711 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 4,767 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 5,048 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 5,114 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 5,119 ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 5,320 ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 6,254 ha | +17.6% |
| 1972 | 5,813 ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 5,115 ha | -12.0% |
| 1974 | 4,715 ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 4,906 ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 5,029 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 5,067 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 5,112 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 5,099 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 4,659 ha | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 4,626 ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 4,508 ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 4,717 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 4,655 ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 4,321 ha | -7.2% |
| 1986 | 4,039 ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 4,445 ha | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 4,299 ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 4,192 ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 4,441 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 5,500 ha | +23.8% |
| 1992 | 6,940 ha | +26.2% |
| 1993 | 5,100 ha | -26.5% |
| 1994 | 5,650 ha | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 5,300 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 13,643 ha | +157.4% |
| 1997 | 6,024 ha | -55.8% |
| 1998 | 6,641 ha | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 7,627 ha | +14.8% |
| 2000 | 11,074 ha | +45.2% |
| 2001 | 10,774 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 11,014 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 10,999 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 12,092 ha | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 11,622 ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 13,389 ha | +15.2% |
| 2007 | 13,986 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 15,148 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 15,190 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 14,583 ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 13,787 ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 14,832 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 13,823 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 14,313 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 14,150 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 14,278 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 15,096 ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 7,800 ha | -48.3% |
| 2019 | 7,740 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 7,200 ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 7,160 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 7,670 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 7,010 ha | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 7,060 ha | +0.7% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 7,060 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 24.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Germany's 7,060 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 14.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +157.4% | 5,300 ha | 13,643 ha |
| 1997 | -55.8% | 13,643 ha | 6,024 ha |
| 2018 | -48.3% | 15,096 ha | 7,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,883 ha | 4,445 ha | 5,402 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,243 ha | 4,715 ha | 6,254 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,446 ha | 4,039 ha | 4,717 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,687 ha | 4,441 ha | 13,643 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,529 ha | 10,774 ha | 15,190 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,040 ha | 7,740 ha | 15,096 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,220 ha | 7,010 ha | 7,670 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Germany?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Germany was 7,060 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 15,190 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,039 ha in 1986.
- How does Germany rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 17th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.