Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 45,808 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 45,808 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 154.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 45,808 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,278 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,890 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,195 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 10,705 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 11,710 ha | +9.4% |
| 1965 | 11,030 ha | -5.8% |
| 1966 | 11,530 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 12,040 ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 12,365 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 13,442 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 12,033 ha | -10.5% |
| 1971 | 11,917 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 9,092 ha | -23.7% |
| 1973 | 8,278 ha | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 8,348 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 9,200 ha | +10.2% |
| 1976 | 9,736 ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 9,119 ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 9,469 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 9,652 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 9,684 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 9,550 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 9,747 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 9,985 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 9,971 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 10,148 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 10,114 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 10,099 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 10,564 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 10,640 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 11,579 ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 20,423 ha | +76.4% |
| 1992 | 20,928 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 22,001 ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 22,661 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 23,075 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 23,391 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 24,335 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 25,139 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 22,818 ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 24,880 ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 21,630 ha | -13.1% |
| 2002 | 19,928 ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 20,023 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 19,724 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 18,889 ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 19,337 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 19,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 19,003 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 19,831 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 21,904 ha | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 17,970 ha | -18.0% |
| 2012 | 18,772 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 17,937 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 17,981 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 29,700 ha | +65.2% |
| 2016 | 30,869 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 30,607 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 30,589 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 26,298 ha | -14.0% |
| 2020 | 28,600 ha | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 28,241 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 35,134 ha | +24.4% |
| 2023 | 43,265 ha | +23.1% |
| 2024 | 45,808 ha | +5.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +76.4% | 11,579 ha | 20,423 ha |
| 2015 | +65.2% | 17,981 ha | 29,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,434 ha | 9,890 ha | 13,442 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,684 ha | 8,278 ha | 12,033 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,050 ha | 9,550 ha | 10,640 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,635 ha | 11,579 ha | 25,139 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,244 ha | 18,889 ha | 24,880 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,263 ha | 17,937 ha | 30,869 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,210 ha | 28,241 ha | 45,808 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 45,808 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 45,808 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,278 ha in 1973.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.