Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 32,940 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Spain stood at 32,940 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Spain peaked at 37,838 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 15,600 ha, in 1969.
Spain ranks 4th of 108 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 16,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 16,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 16,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,900 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 15,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 16,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 17,400 ha | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 19,100 ha | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 20,200 ha | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 20,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 20,600 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 20,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 20,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 21,900 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 22,150 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 23,100 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 22,800 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 22,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 22,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 23,650 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 24,435 ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 24,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 26,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 33,300 ha | +27.6% |
| 1989 | 35,400 ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 35,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 35,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 32,500 ha | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 33,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 34,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 32,600 ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 33,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 37,394 ha | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 36,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 37,838 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 36,749 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 36,694 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 37,133 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 37,705 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 36,865 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 37,718 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 37,343 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 34,912 ha | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 32,860 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 32,557 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 34,256 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 32,620 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 33,196 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 33,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 33,868 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 34,314 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 35,646 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 34,508 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 33,870 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 35,360 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 34,300 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 34,280 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 33,540 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 33,230 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 32,940 ha | -0.9% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 32,940 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 112.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Spain's 32,940 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 65.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +27.6% | 26,100 ha | 33,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,311 ha | 15,600 ha | 16,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,915 ha | 16,500 ha | 22,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,888 ha | 22,400 ha | 35,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,913 ha | 32,500 ha | 37,838 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,054 ha | 32,557 ha | 37,718 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,134 ha | 32,620 ha | 35,646 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,658 ha | 32,940 ha | 34,300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 1 China 635,344 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 635,105 ha compare
- 3 India 186,498 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 21,737 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,527 ha compare
- 5 Italy 30,120 ha compare
- 6 Niger 28,817 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,649 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,817 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 21,747 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Spain?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Spain was 32,940 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 37,838 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,600 ha in 1969.
- How does Spain rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 4th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.