Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 170 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Romania, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Romania is 170 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 54.5% on the previous year and down 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Romania peaked at 2,500 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 90 ha, in 2021.
That places Romania 75th 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1992 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 1,913 ha | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 2,300 ha | +20.2% |
| 1995 | 2,274 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 2,241 ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 2,400 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 1,846 ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 2,500 ha | +35.4% |
| 2002 | 500 ha | -80.0% |
| 2003 | 470 ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 552 ha | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 347 ha | -37.1% |
| 2006 | 738 ha | +112.7% |
| 2007 | 870 ha | +17.9% |
| 2008 | 214 ha | -75.4% |
| 2009 | 233 ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 273 ha | +17.2% |
| 2011 | 243 ha | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 260 ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 269 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 281 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 288 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 268 ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 253 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 150 ha | -40.7% |
| 2019 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 90 ha | -35.7% |
| 2022 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 170 ha | +54.5% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 170 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 58% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Romania's 170 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 34% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +112.7% | 347 ha | 738 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,203 ha | 1,913 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 827 ha | 214 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 244.5 ha | 150 ha | 288 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 122 ha | 90 ha | 170 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Romania?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Romania was 170 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 ha in 2021.
- How does Romania rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 75th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.