Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 8,868 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Northern Africa stood at 8,868 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 8,907 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,690 ha, in 1963.
That places Northern Africa 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,695 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,695 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,690 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 1,690 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,086 ha | +23.4% |
| 1966 | 2,040 ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 2,238 ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 2,530 ha | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 2,951 ha | +16.6% |
| 1970 | 2,949 ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 2,949 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,949 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,949 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,789 ha | +28.5% |
| 1975 | 3,369 ha | -11.1% |
| 1976 | 4,174 ha | +23.9% |
| 1977 | 4,478 ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 5,213 ha | +16.4% |
| 1979 | 6,125 ha | +17.5% |
| 1980 | 6,232 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 6,343 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 5,245 ha | -17.3% |
| 1983 | 5,468 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 4,670 ha | -14.6% |
| 1985 | 5,510 ha | +18.0% |
| 1986 | 5,980 ha | +8.5% |
| 1987 | 6,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 6,030 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 5,190 ha | -13.9% |
| 1990 | 6,089 ha | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 6,091 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,110 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 6,234 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 6,145 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 5,870 ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 6,235 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 5,934 ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 7,241 ha | +22.0% |
| 1999 | 7,098 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 6,917 ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 7,381 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 6,426 ha | -12.9% |
| 2003 | 7,357 ha | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 6,646 ha | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 6,975 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 6,487 ha | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 5,876 ha | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 5,892 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 4,840 ha | -17.9% |
| 2010 | 7,070 ha | +46.1% |
| 2011 | 7,313 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 7,693 ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 7,621 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 8,311 ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 8,560 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 7,073 ha | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 7,980 ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 7,834 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 7,867 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 7,729 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 7,435 ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 7,760 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 8,907 ha | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 8,868 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,068 ha | 1,690 ha | 2,951 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,894 ha | 2,949 ha | 6,125 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,667 ha | 4,670 ha | 6,343 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,305 ha | 5,870 ha | 7,241 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,480 ha | 4,840 ha | 7,381 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,732 ha | 7,070 ha | 8,560 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,140 ha | 7,435 ha | 8,907 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 19 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5,880 ha compare
- 20 Peru 5,526 ha compare
- 21 Colombia 5,076 ha compare
- 22 Egypt 4,911 ha compare
- 23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4,610 ha compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 4,181 ha compare
- 25 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,966 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Northern Africa was 8,868 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,907 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,690 ha in 1963.
- How does Northern Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.