Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in South America
South America: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 26,844 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in South America stood at 26,844 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in South America peaked at 31,787 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 6,650 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 17th 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,876 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 7,514 ha | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 7,200 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 7,002 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 7,120 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 7,305 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 7,566 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 7,556 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 7,806 ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 7,782 ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 7,781 ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,694 ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 8,520 ha | +10.7% |
| 1975 | 8,966 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 9,360 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 8,993 ha | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 9,843 ha | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 11,136 ha | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 11,715 ha | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 11,902 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 12,405 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 12,977 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 14,659 ha | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 11,028 ha | -24.8% |
| 1986 | 10,180 ha | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 10,114 ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 10,048 ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 10,589 ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 10,559 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 9,686 ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 8,946 ha | -7.6% |
| 1993 | 8,693 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 10,978 ha | +26.3% |
| 1995 | 11,187 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 11,043 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 12,181 ha | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 12,820 ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 13,556 ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 15,180 ha | +12.0% |
| 2001 | 14,742 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 14,707 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 14,259 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 14,008 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 14,293 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 14,850 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 15,549 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 18,107 ha | +16.5% |
| 2009 | 19,296 ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 19,833 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 20,669 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 21,186 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 21,183 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 24,663 ha | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 25,042 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 25,890 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 28,594 ha | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 31,787 ha | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 31,185 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 27,840 ha | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 26,750 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 27,676 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 26,544 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 26,844 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,199 ha | 6,650 ha | 7,566 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,788 ha | 7,694 ha | 11,136 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,562 ha | 10,048 ha | 14,659 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,965 ha | 8,693 ha | 13,556 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,499 ha | 14,008 ha | 19,296 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,003 ha | 19,833 ha | 31,787 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,131 ha | 26,544 ha | 27,840 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in South America?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in South America was 26,844 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 31,787 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,650 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- South America ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.