Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 70,852 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 70,852 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 101,372 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 53,700 ha, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 9th 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 56,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 62,400 ha | +11.4% |
| 1964 | 61,590 ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 62,468 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 63,806 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 63,135 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 64,148 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 63,229 ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 64,725 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 64,472 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 66,412 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 67,431 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 68,439 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 68,965 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 68,047 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 68,849 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 71,458 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 72,575 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 73,236 ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 73,017 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 72,389 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 72,412 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 74,576 ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 75,056 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 76,296 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 78,365 ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 86,479 ha | +10.4% |
| 1989 | 89,691 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 88,621 ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 88,849 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 88,561 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 91,289 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 92,736 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 90,356 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 89,820 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 96,525 ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 98,394 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 101,372 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 97,788 ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 97,294 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 96,484 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 97,235 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 96,926 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 98,799 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 98,982 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 95,105 ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 93,396 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 88,924 ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 89,040 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 85,389 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 78,354 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 81,959 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 76,597 ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 77,115 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 80,855 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 79,507 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 78,128 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 78,569 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 76,909 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 76,001 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 68,430 ha | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 69,065 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 70,852 ha | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,164 ha | 53,700 ha | 64,148 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 68,137 ha | 64,472 ha | 72,575 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,152 ha | 72,389 ha | 89,691 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 92,652 ha | 88,561 ha | 101,372 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 96,093 ha | 88,924 ha | 98,982 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,551 ha | 76,597 ha | 89,040 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,251 ha | 68,430 ha | 76,909 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Southern Europe was 70,852 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 101,372 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.