Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 273 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 273 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 276 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 1966.
That places Morocco 64th 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 ha | -33.3% |
| 1964 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8 ha | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8 ha | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 9 ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8 ha | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 50 ha | +525.0% |
| 1985 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 201 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 203 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 204 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 205 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 207 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 208 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 210 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 211 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 213 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 215 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 216 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 218 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 220 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 222 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 225 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 227 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 230 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 234 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 237 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 241 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 245 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 250 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 254 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 258 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 260 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 263 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 266 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 269 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 273 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 276 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 273 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 274 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 274 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 273 ha | -0.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 273 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 273 ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 273 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 294 ha, 93% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +525.0% | 8 ha | 50 ha |
| 1986 | +100.0% | 50 ha | 100 ha |
| 1988 | +50.0% | 100 ha | 150 ha |
| 1963 | -33.3% | 15 ha | 10 ha |
| 1990 | +33.3% | 150 ha | 200 ha |
| 1967 | +25.0% | 8 ha | 10 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.89 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 63.4 ha | 8 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 206.2 ha | 200 ha | 213 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 224.4 ha | 215 ha | 237 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 257.9 ha | 241 ha | 273 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 274 ha | 273 ha | 276 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Morocco?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Morocco was 273 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 276 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 1966.
- How does Morocco rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 64th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.