Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 240 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 240 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 5,110 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 141 ha, in 2008.
That places Hungary 66th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,110 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,495 ha | -12.0% |
| 1963 | 4,744 ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 3,157 ha | -33.5% |
| 1965 | 3,890 ha | +23.2% |
| 1966 | 4,190 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 3,610 ha | -13.8% |
| 1968 | 4,100 ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 3,970 ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 4,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 3,910 ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 3,980 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 3,990 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 3,820 ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 3,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 3,397 ha | -12.9% |
| 1977 | 3,490 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 3,613 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 2,603 ha | -28.0% |
| 1980 | 2,727 ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 2,296 ha | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 2,235 ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 2,020 ha | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 2,168 ha | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 2,229 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 2,035 ha | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 2,235 ha | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 3,588 ha | +60.5% |
| 1989 | 2,555 ha | -28.8% |
| 1990 | 2,106 ha | -17.6% |
| 1991 | 1,538 ha | -27.0% |
| 1992 | 1,733 ha | +12.7% |
| 1993 | 1,391 ha | -19.7% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 557 ha | -57.2% |
| 1996 | 1,290 ha | +131.6% |
| 1997 | 1,211 ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 662 ha | -45.3% |
| 1999 | 704 ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 329 ha | -53.3% |
| 2001 | 322 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 354 ha | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 248 ha | -29.9% |
| 2004 | 271 ha | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 322 ha | +18.8% |
| 2006 | 257 ha | -20.2% |
| 2007 | 183 ha | -28.8% |
| 2008 | 141 ha | -23.0% |
| 2009 | 199 ha | +41.1% |
| 2010 | 243 ha | +22.1% |
| 2011 | 288 ha | +18.5% |
| 2012 | 350 ha | +21.5% |
| 2013 | 560 ha | +60.0% |
| 2014 | 330 ha | -41.1% |
| 2015 | 370 ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 405 ha | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 349 ha | -13.8% |
| 2018 | 280 ha | -19.8% |
| 2019 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 220 ha | -26.7% |
| 2021 | 240 ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 290 ha | +20.8% |
| 2023 | 270 ha | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 240 ha | -11.1% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 240 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 82% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 240 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 48% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Hungary 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 | +131.6% | 557 ha | 1,290 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,141 ha | 3,157 ha | 5,110 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,700 ha | 2,603 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,409 ha | 2,020 ha | 3,588 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,249 ha | 557 ha | 2,106 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 262.6 ha | 141 ha | 354 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 347.5 ha | 243 ha | 560 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 252 ha | 220 ha | 290 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Hungary?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Hungary was 240 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 5,110 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 141 ha in 2008.
- How does Hungary rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 66th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Hungary 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.