Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 69,664 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — 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 — 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.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 10th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,683 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,966 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 14,470 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 15,738 ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 15,547 ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 15,968 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 16,738 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 17,187 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 18,584 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 17,467 ha | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 17,348 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 14,432 ha | -16.8% |
| 1973 | 13,714 ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 15,196 ha | +10.8% |
| 1975 | 15,594 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 17,235 ha | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 16,183 ha | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 17,587 ha | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 18,823 ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 19,511 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 20,473 ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 19,828 ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 20,330 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 19,806 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 20,865 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 21,382 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 21,574 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 21,946 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 21,041 ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 23,363 ha | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 31,869 ha | +36.4% |
| 1992 | 32,565 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 33,439 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 34,470 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 34,528 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 35,755 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 36,615 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 37,907 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 36,008 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 38,848 ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 35,951 ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 33,526 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 35,040 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 34,681 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 33,103 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 34,224 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 32,798 ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 33,557 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 34,188 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 38,776 ha | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 36,458 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 38,796 ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 39,523 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 39,457 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 54,292 ha | +37.6% |
| 2016 | 54,671 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 53,933 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 52,699 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 48,485 ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 50,692 ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 49,659 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 57,382 ha | +15.6% |
| 2023 | 67,050 ha | +16.8% |
| 2024 | 69,664 ha | +3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +37.6% | 39,457 ha | 54,292 ha |
| 1991 | +36.4% | 23,363 ha | 31,869 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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)
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,817 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 21,747 ha compare
- 8 Japan 20,033 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 2,065 ha compare
- 9 France 16,980 ha compare
- 10 Belgium 11,480 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 353 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 10,498 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 22 ha compare
- 12 Australia 9,214 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 0 ha
- 13 Malaysia 8,617 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Lettuce and chicory — 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 — 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 — 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 — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — 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 — 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.