Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in India
India: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 186,498 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in India, 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 India is 186,498 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in India peaked at 188,255 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 55,000 ha, in 1961.
That places India 3rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 58,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 59,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 61,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 62,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 64,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 65,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 67,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 70,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 71,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 74,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 75,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 78,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 80,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 84,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 88,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 90,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 97,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 100,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 102,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 103,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 105,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 105,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 106,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 107,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 109,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 111,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 111,840 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 112,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 113,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 115,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 115,862 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 116,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 116,985 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 117,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 118,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 120,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 121,337 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 123,834 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 126,563 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 129,464 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 132,998 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 142,547 ha | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 146,840 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 151,361 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 155,837 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 160,078 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 164,054 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 170,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 172,439 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 181,630 ha | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 174,690 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 179,113 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 181,124 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 182,759 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 184,619 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 188,255 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 185,211 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 186,028 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 186,498 ha | +0.3% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 186,498 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 273 ha, 683.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62,333 ha | 55,000 ha | 70,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 80,700 ha | 71,000 ha | 95,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 103,400 ha | 97,000 ha | 109,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 114,669 ha | 111,000 ha | 118,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 135,078 ha | 120,000 ha | 155,837 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,589 ha | 160,078 ha | 182,759 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 186,122 ha | 184,619 ha | 188,255 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in India?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in India was 186,498 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 188,255 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- India ranks 3rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.