Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 30,120 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 30,120 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Italy peaked at 51,447 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 26,210 ha, in 2022.
Italy ranks 5th of 108 countries on this measure, 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 37,800 ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 43,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 1964 | 42,590 ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 43,568 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 44,506 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 43,935 ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 44,888 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 43,939 ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 44,525 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 43,172 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 43,512 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 43,231 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 44,039 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 44,465 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 43,947 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 44,149 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 45,658 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 46,525 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 46,106 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 46,277 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 45,889 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 45,412 ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 46,526 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 46,196 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 47,159 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 47,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 48,879 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 49,791 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 48,725 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 48,749 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 49,048 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 49,966 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 50,535 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 49,288 ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 48,066 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 50,445 ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 50,563 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 51,447 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 51,226 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 50,572 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 49,383 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 49,369 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 49,591 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 50,010 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 50,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 48,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 43,629 ha | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 42,854 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 41,331 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 33,781 ha | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 36,414 ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 32,991 ha | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 31,329 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 34,343 ha | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 34,069 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 34,460 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 33,690 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 32,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 30,990 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 26,210 ha | -15.4% |
| 2023 | 27,600 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 30,120 ha | +9.1% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 30,120 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 102.4× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Italy's 30,120 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 60.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,125 ha | 34,900 ha | 44,888 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,322 ha | 43,172 ha | 46,525 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,994 ha | 45,412 ha | 49,791 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,683 ha | 48,066 ha | 51,447 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,978 ha | 43,629 ha | 51,226 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,526 ha | 31,329 ha | 42,854 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,404 ha | 26,210 ha | 32,100 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 2 China, mainland 635,105 ha compare
- 3 India 186,498 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 21,737 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,527 ha compare
- 4 Spain 32,940 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Italy?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Italy was 30,120 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 51,447 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,210 ha in 2022.
- How does Italy rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 5th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.