Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 4,610 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 4,610 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 10,239 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 4,377 ha, in 2022.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 6,200 ha | -6.1% |
| 1964 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 6,921 ha | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 7,406 ha | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 7,244 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 7,972 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 8,175 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 9,146 ha | +11.9% |
| 1971 | 8,902 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 9,106 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 10,239 ha | +12.4% |
| 1974 | 9,800 ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 8,200 ha | -16.3% |
| 1976 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 7,700 ha | -9.4% |
| 1979 | 7,200 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 7,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,941 ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 7,044 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 7,985 ha | +13.4% |
| 1984 | 7,759 ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 7,184 ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 6,862 ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 7,205 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 8,541 ha | +18.5% |
| 1989 | 8,097 ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 10,042 ha | +24.0% |
| 1991 | 9,646 ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 9,601 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 7,972 ha | -17.0% |
| 1994 | 8,002 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 7,400 ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 7,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 6,100 ha | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 6,900 ha | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 6,700 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 6,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 5,800 ha | -15.9% |
| 2002 | 5,200 ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 5,967 ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 6,300 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 5,860 ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 6,319 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 6,308 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 5,818 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 6,571 ha | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 6,280 ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 6,280 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,165 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 6,246 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 6,381 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 6,425 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,813 ha | -25.1% |
| 2017 | 4,811 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 4,826 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,815 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 4,788 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 4,419 ha | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 4,377 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 4,531 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 4,610 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,058 ha | 6,200 ha | 8,175 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,699 ha | 7,200 ha | 10,239 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,482 ha | 6,862 ha | 8,541 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,986 ha | 6,100 ha | 10,042 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,104 ha | 5,200 ha | 6,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,704 ha | 4,811 ha | 6,425 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,545 ha | 4,377 ha | 4,788 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 4,610 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 10,239 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,377 ha in 2022.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 23rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.