Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 378 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa is 378 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 1,500 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 120 ha, in 1968.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | -80.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 120 ha | -60.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +150.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1979 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 510 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 550 ha | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 558 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 583 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 631 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 570 ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 515 ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 498 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 446 ha | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 454 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 475 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 475 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 477 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 476 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 471 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 469 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 496 ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 479 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 466 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 470 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 440 ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 420 ha | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 423 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 358 ha | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 405 ha | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 396 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 389 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 381 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 370 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 377 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 376 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 378 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 668.89 ha | 120 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 400 ha | 300 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 500 ha | 500 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 546.1 ha | 446 ha | 631 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 473.8 ha | 454 ha | 496 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 410.2 ha | 358 ha | 470 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 376.2 ha | 370 ha | 380 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Middle Africa was 378 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 ha in 1968.
- How does Middle Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 9th out of 12 regions with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.