Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 137 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 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 Trinidad and Tobago is 137 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 532 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7 ha, in 1965.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 77th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7 ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 10 ha | +42.9% |
| 1967 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8 ha | -20.0% |
| 1970 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20 ha | +150.0% |
| 1972 | 45 ha | +125.0% |
| 1973 | 93 ha | +106.7% |
| 1974 | 101 ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 93 ha | -7.9% |
| 1976 | 95 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 91 ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 86 ha | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 90 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 80 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 70 ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 60 ha | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 30 ha | -50.0% |
| 1985 | 25 ha | -16.7% |
| 1986 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 38 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 45 ha | +18.4% |
| 1990 | 39 ha | -13.3% |
| 1991 | 40 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 42 ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 38 ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 48 ha | +26.3% |
| 1996 | 65 ha | +35.4% |
| 1997 | 77 ha | +18.5% |
| 1998 | 85 ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 75 ha | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 185 ha | +146.7% |
| 2001 | 150 ha | -18.9% |
| 2002 | 300 ha | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 268 ha | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 320 ha | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 198 ha | -40.0% |
| 2007 | 109 ha | -44.9% |
| 2008 | 115 ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 137 ha | +19.1% |
| 2010 | 108 ha | -21.2% |
| 2011 | 135 ha | +25.0% |
| 2012 | 179 ha | +32.6% |
| 2013 | 163 ha | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 204 ha | +25.2% |
| 2015 | 532 ha | +160.8% |
| 2016 | 168 ha | -68.4% |
| 2017 | 187 ha | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 137 ha | -26.7% |
| 2019 | 54 ha | -60.6% |
| 2020 | 102 ha | +88.9% |
| 2021 | 131 ha | +28.4% |
| 2022 | 118 ha | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 129 ha | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 137 ha | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.56 ha | 7 ha | 10 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72.2 ha | 8 ha | 101 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.8 ha | 25 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.4 ha | 35 ha | 85 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 211.2 ha | 109 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 186.7 ha | 54 ha | 532 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 123.4 ha | 102 ha | 137 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 137 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 532 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 1965.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 77th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.