Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 2,247 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Africa is 2,247 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 Southern Africa peaked at 3,116 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 25th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Southern 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 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 22 Egypt 4,911 ha compare
- 23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4,610 ha compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 4,181 ha compare
- 25 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,966 ha compare
- 26 Guatemala 3,809 ha compare
- 27 Thailand 3,746 ha compare
- 28 Tunisia 3,683 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,116 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.