Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 2,320 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 2,320 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 4,602 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Portugal 34th 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,800 ha | +28.6% |
| 1994 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 2,800 ha | +40.0% |
| 1996 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,114 ha | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 4,432 ha | +42.3% |
| 1999 | 4,432 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,400 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 4,469 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 4,390 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 4,419 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 4,541 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 4,534 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 4,602 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 4,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 4,554 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 4,550 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,755 ha | -17.5% |
| 2011 | 2,694 ha | -28.3% |
| 2012 | 2,510 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 2,745 ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 2,420 ha | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 2,149 ha | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 2,181 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2,284 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 1,990 ha | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 2,150 ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 2,480 ha | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 2,690 ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 2,320 ha | -13.8% |
| 2023 | 2,630 ha | +13.4% |
| 2024 | 2,320 ha | -11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,022 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,270 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,330 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,558 ha | 1,400 ha | 4,432 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,496 ha | 4,390 ha | 4,602 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,488 ha | 1,990 ha | 3,755 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,488 ha | 2,320 ha | 2,690 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Portugal?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Portugal was 2,320 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 4,602 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 34th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.