Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 9,590 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Northern Europe stood at 9,590 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 11,251 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6,657 ha, in 1963.
Northern Europe ranks 21st 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 Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,957 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,057 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 6,657 ha | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 6,957 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 7,404 ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 7,912 ha | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 7,742 ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 8,513 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 8,788 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 9,768 ha | +11.2% |
| 1971 | 9,411 ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 9,590 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 10,709 ha | +11.7% |
| 1974 | 10,255 ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 8,874 ha | -13.5% |
| 1976 | 8,697 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 9,483 ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 8,211 ha | -13.4% |
| 1979 | 7,747 ha | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 7,724 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 7,470 ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 7,603 ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 8,489 ha | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 8,297 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 7,904 ha | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 7,584 ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 7,968 ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 9,391 ha | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 8,946 ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 11,251 ha | +25.8% |
| 1991 | 10,967 ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 11,002 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 9,311 ha | -15.4% |
| 1994 | 9,384 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 8,943 ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 9,235 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 7,897 ha | -14.5% |
| 1998 | 8,791 ha | +11.3% |
| 1999 | 8,796 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 9,167 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 8,157 ha | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 7,944 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 8,329 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 8,982 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 8,939 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 9,349 ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 9,515 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 9,287 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 10,106 ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 9,496 ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 9,558 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 9,780 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 9,928 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 10,625 ha | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 10,351 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 8,602 ha | -16.9% |
| 2017 | 9,082 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 9,450 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 9,754 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 9,582 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 9,185 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 9,706 ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 9,574 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 9,590 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,554 ha | 6,657 ha | 8,788 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,274 ha | 7,747 ha | 10,709 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,138 ha | 7,470 ha | 9,391 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,558 ha | 7,897 ha | 11,251 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,978 ha | 7,944 ha | 10,106 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,663 ha | 8,602 ha | 10,625 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,527 ha | 9,185 ha | 9,706 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 18 Mali 6,387 ha compare
- 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
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 2.22 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Northern Europe was 9,590 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 11,251 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,657 ha in 1963.
- How does Northern Europe rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 21st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.