Lettuce and chicory β€” Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Lettuce and chicory β€” Area harvested was 69,664 ha in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
69,664 ha
Change on year
up 3.9%
Rank
6th
of 10 groups
All-time high
69,664 ha
in 2024
All-time low
13,683 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Lettuce and chicory β€” Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024

20.0k40.0k60.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2024, lettuce and chicory β€” area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 69,664 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 76.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory β€” area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 69,664 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,683 ha, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 15,765 ha 13,683 ha 18,584 ha 9
1970s 16,358 ha 13,714 ha 18,823 ha 10
1980s 20,676 ha 19,511 ha 21,946 ha 10
1990s 33,652 ha 23,363 ha 37,907 ha 10
2000s 34,592 ha 32,798 ha 38,848 ha 10
2010s 45,709 ha 36,458 ha 54,671 ha 10
2020s 58,889 ha 49,659 ha 69,664 ha 5

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

  1. 3 India 186,498 ha compare
  2. 4 Spain 32,940 ha compare
  3. 5 Italy 30,120 ha compare
  4. 6 Niger 28,817 ha compare
  5. 7 Mexico 21,747 ha compare
  6. 8 Japan 20,033 ha compare
  7. 9 France 16,980 ha compare

See the full ranking of 148 places β†’

More agriculture & rural data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is lettuce and chicory β€” area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Lettuce and chicory β€” area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 69,664 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest lettuce and chicory β€” area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 69,664 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest lettuce and chicory β€” area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 13,683 ha in 1961.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for lettuce and chicory β€” area harvested?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 6th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is lettuce and chicory β€” area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 76.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory β€” Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lettuce and chicory β€” Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs). Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/lettuce-and-chicory-area-harvested/net-food-importing-developing-countries-nfidcs/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/lettuce-and-chicory-area-harvested/net-food-importing-developing-countries-nfidcs/">Lettuce and chicory β€” Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Lettuce and chicory β€” Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
148 places, 7,390 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.