Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Kuwait
Kuwait: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 294 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Kuwait, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Kuwait is 294 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Kuwait peaked at 382 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 1992.
That places Kuwait 62nd 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 41 ha | — |
| 1987 | 45 ha | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 43 ha | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 61 ha | +41.9% |
| 1990 | 58 ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 31 ha | -46.6% |
| 1992 | 2 ha | -93.5% |
| 1993 | 36 ha | +1700.0% |
| 1994 | 35 ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 48 ha | +37.1% |
| 1996 | 52 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 54 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 83 ha | +53.7% |
| 1999 | 93 ha | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 156 ha | +67.7% |
| 2001 | 130 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 127 ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 125 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 184 ha | +47.2% |
| 2005 | 198 ha | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 202 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 292 ha | +44.6% |
| 2008 | 221 ha | -24.3% |
| 2009 | 228 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 253 ha | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 254 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 260 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 197 ha | -24.2% |
| 2014 | 233 ha | +18.3% |
| 2015 | 191 ha | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 186 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 279 ha | +50.0% |
| 2018 | 382 ha | +36.9% |
| 2019 | 251 ha | -34.3% |
| 2020 | 250 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 230 ha | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 259 ha | +12.6% |
| 2023 | 273 ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 294 ha | +7.7% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 294 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 294 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 294 ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Kuwait 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +1700.0% | 2 ha | 36 ha |
| 1992 | -93.5% | 31 ha | 2 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47.5 ha | 41 ha | 61 ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 49.2 ha | 2 ha | 93 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 186.3 ha | 125 ha | 292 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 248.6 ha | 186 ha | 382 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 261.2 ha | 230 ha | 294 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Kuwait?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Kuwait was 294 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 382 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 1992.
- How does Kuwait rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Kuwait ranks 62nd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.