Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 3,746 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 3,746 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 3,864 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 27th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 12 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 13 ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14 ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 16 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 17 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 18 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 300 ha | +1478.9% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1988 | 900 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 1,200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 2,200 ha | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 3,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3,287 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 3,853 ha | +17.2% |
| 2002 | 3,864 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,858 ha | -26.0% |
| 2004 | 3,570 ha | +24.9% |
| 2005 | 2,927 ha | -18.0% |
| 2006 | 3,450 ha | +17.9% |
| 2007 | 3,509 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 3,631 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 3,632 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,637 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 3,576 ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 3,595 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 3,643 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 3,662 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 3,512 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 3,557 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 3,621 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 3,676 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 3,712 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 3,744 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 3,728 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,723 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,734 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,746 ha | +0.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 3,746 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 2.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 3,746 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,515 ha, 1.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +1478.9% | 19 ha | 300 ha |
| 1986 | +66.7% | 300 ha | 500 ha |
| 1987 | +40.0% | 500 ha | 700 ha |
| 1989 | +33.3% | 900 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 1988 | +28.6% | 700 ha | 900 ha |
| 2003 | -26.0% | 3,864 ha | 2,858 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 ha | 10 ha | 12 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.2 ha | 13 ha | 16 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 368.6 ha | 16 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,650 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,458 ha | 2,858 ha | 3,864 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,619 ha | 3,512 ha | 3,712 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,735 ha | 3,723 ha | 3,746 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 24 Republic of Korea 4,181 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 3,838 ha compare
- 25 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,966 ha compare
- 26 Guatemala 3,809 ha compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 40 ha compare
- 28 Tunisia 3,683 ha compare
- 29 Canada 3,446 ha compare
- 30 Switzerland 2,936 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Thailand?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Thailand was 3,746 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,864 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 27th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.