Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 43,248 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Africa is 43,248 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 381.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 43,248 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1987.
That places Western Africa 14th out of 28 groups 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 20 ha | — |
| 1988 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 28 ha | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 589 ha | +2003.6% |
| 1991 | 9,319 ha | +1482.2% |
| 1992 | 9,797 ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 10,377 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 10,871 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 11,448 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 11,945 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 12,520 ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 13,603 ha | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 10,890 ha | -19.9% |
| 2000 | 12,588 ha | +15.6% |
| 2001 | 12,233 ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 11,812 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 11,492 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 11,038 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 10,299 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 10,381 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 10,374 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 10,824 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 11,383 ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 12,445 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 8,698 ha | -30.1% |
| 2012 | 9,312 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 8,627 ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 8,985 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 20,909 ha | +132.7% |
| 2016 | 21,685 ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 21,211 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 20,922 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 23,773 ha | +13.6% |
| 2020 | 26,378 ha | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 25,106 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 32,624 ha | +29.9% |
| 2023 | 40,810 ha | +25.1% |
| 2024 | 43,248 ha | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.33 ha | 20 ha | 28 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 10,136 ha | 589 ha | 13,603 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,242 ha | 10,299 ha | 12,588 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,657 ha | 8,627 ha | 23,773 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,633 ha | 25,106 ha | 43,248 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Africa was 43,248 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 43,248 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1987.
- How does Western Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 381.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.