Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 1,284 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in New Zealand stood at 1,284 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.2% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 1,800 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 44th of 108 countries 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 510 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 730 ha | +43.1% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 688 ha | -14.0% |
| 1966 | 604 ha | -12.2% |
| 1967 | 652 ha | +7.9% |
| 1968 | 674 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 738 ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 756 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 681 ha | -9.9% |
| 1972 | 705 ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 728 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 854 ha | +17.3% |
| 1975 | 745 ha | -12.8% |
| 1976 | 862 ha | +15.7% |
| 1977 | 746 ha | -13.5% |
| 1978 | 842 ha | +12.9% |
| 1979 | 798 ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 827 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 920 ha | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 955 ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 734 ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 784 ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 788 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 867 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 1,200 ha | +38.4% |
| 1991 | 1,119 ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 861 ha | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 905 ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 1,019 ha | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 1,800 ha | +76.6% |
| 1996 | 1,249 ha | -30.6% |
| 1997 | 1,201 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,541 ha | +54.1% |
| 2001 | 1,414 ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 1,287 ha | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 1,166 ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 1,142 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 1,207 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 1,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,309 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 1,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,241 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 1,199 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 1,048 ha | -12.6% |
| 2012 | 1,250 ha | +19.3% |
| 2013 | 1,389 ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 1,609 ha | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 1,514 ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 1,489 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 1,532 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 1,457 ha | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 1,505 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 1,582 ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 1,582 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 957 ha | -39.5% |
| 2023 | 957 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,284 ha | +34.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 655.11 ha | 500 ha | 800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 771.7 ha | 681 ha | 862 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 857.5 ha | 734 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,135 ha | 861 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,281 ha | 1,142 ha | 1,541 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,399 ha | 1,048 ha | 1,609 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,272 ha | 957 ha | 1,582 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in New Zealand was 1,284 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 44th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.