Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 2,247 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in South Africa is 2,247 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.1% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 3,116 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
South Africa ranks 38th of 108 countries 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 730 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 730 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 735 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 735 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 735 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 830 ha | +12.9% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +20.5% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 1,450 ha | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 1,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +37.9% |
| 1975 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1978 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 3,116 ha | +24.6% |
| 1991 | 2,400 ha | -23.0% |
| 1992 | 2,374 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 2,377 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 2,300 ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 2,522 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 2,446 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 2,400 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 2,019 ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 2,090 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 2,200 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 2,296 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 2,194 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 2,200 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 2008 | 2,900 ha | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 2,500 ha | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 2,465 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 2,370 ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 2,366 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,365 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,391 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,491 ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 2,516 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,355 ha | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 2,142 ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 2,188 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 2,151 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 2,191 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,181 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,060 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 2,247 ha | +9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 710.56 ha | 500 ha | 830 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,900 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,530 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,484 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,116 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,310 ha | 2,019 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,365 ha | 2,142 ha | 2,516 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,166 ha | 2,060 ha | 2,247 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in South Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in South Africa was 2,247 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,116 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 38th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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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About this data
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.