Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 2,746 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Israel stood at 2,746 ha.
That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Israel peaked at 3,128 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 155 ha, in 1964.
That places Israel 32nd 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 157 ha | — |
| 1962 | 165 ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 190 ha | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 155 ha | -18.4% |
| 1965 | 205 ha | +32.3% |
| 1966 | 205 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 205 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 320 ha | +56.1% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 520 ha | +30.0% |
| 1971 | 305 ha | -41.3% |
| 1972 | 380 ha | +24.6% |
| 1973 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 240 ha | -36.8% |
| 1975 | 360 ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 379 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 360 ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 490 ha | +36.1% |
| 1980 | 540 ha | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 270 ha | -50.0% |
| 1982 | 490 ha | +81.5% |
| 1983 | 650 ha | +32.7% |
| 1984 | 550 ha | -15.4% |
| 1985 | 710 ha | +29.1% |
| 1986 | 850 ha | +19.7% |
| 1987 | 840 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 820 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 870 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 864 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 893 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 865 ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 990 ha | +14.5% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 977 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 950 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 1,100 ha | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 1,101 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,044 ha | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 961 ha | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 1,150 ha | +19.7% |
| 2002 | 1,256 ha | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 1,414 ha | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 1,400 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 1,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 1,600 ha | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 1,430 ha | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 1,812 ha | +26.7% |
| 2012 | 2,370 ha | +30.8% |
| 2013 | 2,256 ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 2,384 ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 2,139 ha | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 2,088 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 2,308 ha | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 2,182 ha | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 2,480 ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 3,128 ha | +26.1% |
| 2021 | 2,951 ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 2,747 ha | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 2,548 ha | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 2,746 ha | +7.8% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 2,746 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 9.3× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Israel's 2,746 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 294 ha, 9.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 222.44 ha | 155 ha | 400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 378.4 ha | 240 ha | 520 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 659 ha | 270 ha | 870 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 978.4 ha | 864 ha | 1,101 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,318 ha | 961 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,145 ha | 1,430 ha | 2,480 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,824 ha | 2,548 ha | 3,128 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Israel?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Israel was 2,746 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 3,128 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 155 ha in 1964.
- How does Israel rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 32nd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.