Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 307 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 307 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.3% on the previous year and up 127.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 307 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14 ha, in 1979.
That places Mauritius 60th 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 27 ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 32 ha | +18.5% |
| 1965 | 38 ha | +18.8% |
| 1966 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 15 ha | -60.5% |
| 1968 | 26 ha | +73.3% |
| 1969 | 22 ha | -15.4% |
| 1970 | 30 ha | +36.4% |
| 1971 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 25 ha | -10.7% |
| 1973 | 33 ha | +32.0% |
| 1974 | 28 ha | -15.2% |
| 1975 | 25 ha | -10.7% |
| 1976 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20 ha | -20.0% |
| 1978 | 15 ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 14 ha | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 18 ha | +28.6% |
| 1981 | 22 ha | +22.2% |
| 1982 | 14 ha | -36.4% |
| 1983 | 19 ha | +35.7% |
| 1984 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 18 ha | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14 ha | -22.2% |
| 1988 | 33 ha | +135.7% |
| 1989 | 41 ha | +24.2% |
| 1990 | 47 ha | +14.6% |
| 1991 | 41 ha | -12.8% |
| 1992 | 42 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 50 ha | +19.0% |
| 1994 | 59 ha | +18.0% |
| 1995 | 112 ha | +89.8% |
| 1996 | 126 ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 160 ha | +27.0% |
| 1998 | 135 ha | -15.6% |
| 1999 | 90 ha | -33.3% |
| 2000 | 130 ha | +44.4% |
| 2001 | 179 ha | +37.7% |
| 2002 | 168 ha | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 166 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 162 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 148 ha | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 160 ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 108 ha | -32.5% |
| 2008 | 80 ha | -25.9% |
| 2009 | 87 ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 91 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 90 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 98 ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 93 ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 135 ha | +45.2% |
| 2015 | 114 ha | -15.6% |
| 2016 | 133 ha | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 149 ha | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 112 ha | -24.8% |
| 2019 | 139 ha | +24.1% |
| 2020 | 111 ha | -20.1% |
| 2021 | 144 ha | +29.7% |
| 2022 | 165 ha | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 247 ha | +49.7% |
| 2024 | 307 ha | +24.3% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 307 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 16% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 307 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 307 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.44 ha | 15 ha | 38 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24.3 ha | 14 ha | 33 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.6 ha | 14 ha | 41 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.2 ha | 41 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 138.8 ha | 80 ha | 179 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 115.4 ha | 90 ha | 149 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 194.8 ha | 111 ha | 307 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Mauritius was 307 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 307 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 ha in 1979.
- How does Mauritius rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 60th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 127.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.