Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 115 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Panama recorded 115 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 10.2% on the previous year and down 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Panama peaked at 780 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 2019.
That places Panama 80th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 400 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 440 ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 470 ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 580 ha | +23.4% |
| 1968 | 710 ha | +22.4% |
| 1969 | 780 ha | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 250 ha | -67.9% |
| 1971 | 500 ha | +100.0% |
| 1972 | 140 ha | -72.0% |
| 1973 | 190 ha | +35.7% |
| 1974 | 230 ha | +21.1% |
| 1975 | 110 ha | -52.2% |
| 1976 | 152 ha | +38.2% |
| 1977 | 124 ha | -18.4% |
| 1978 | 150 ha | +21.0% |
| 1979 | 192 ha | +28.0% |
| 1980 | 180 ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 160 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 140 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 120 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | -16.7% |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 149 ha | +65.6% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 222 ha | +48.0% |
| 1991 | 200 ha | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 208 ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 210 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 230 ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 224 ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 220 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 252 ha | +14.5% |
| 2000 | 209 ha | -17.1% |
| 2001 | 185 ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 190 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 195 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 200 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 208 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 213 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 205 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 218 ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 210 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 229 ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 276 ha | +20.5% |
| 2012 | 243 ha | -12.0% |
| 2013 | 239 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 237 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 241 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 242 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 242 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 244 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 50 ha | -79.5% |
| 2020 | 140 ha | +180.0% |
| 2021 | 93 ha | -33.6% |
| 2022 | 132 ha | +41.9% |
| 2023 | 128 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 115 ha | -10.2% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 115 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 39% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Panama's 115 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 169 ha, 68% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +180.0% | 50 ha | 140 ha |
| 1971 | +100.0% | 250 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 494.44 ha | 350 ha | 780 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 203.8 ha | 110 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 133.9 ha | 90 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 219.6 ha | 200 ha | 252 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 203.3 ha | 185 ha | 218 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 224.3 ha | 50 ha | 276 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 121.6 ha | 93 ha | 140 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Panama?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Panama was 115 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 780 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 2019.
- How does Panama rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 80th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Panama 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.