Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 33,381 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 33,381 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 37,487 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6,132 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 16th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,132 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,015 ha | +14.4% |
| 1963 | 7,260 ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 7,613 ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 8,213 ha | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 8,436 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 8,985 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 9,139 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 9,275 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 9,619 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 10,189 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 10,671 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 9,006 ha | -15.6% |
| 1974 | 7,884 ha | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 8,757 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 8,869 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 11,986 ha | +35.1% |
| 1978 | 10,412 ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 9,641 ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 10,138 ha | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 12,246 ha | +20.8% |
| 1982 | 15,577 ha | +27.2% |
| 1983 | 13,925 ha | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 14,662 ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 15,584 ha | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 16,637 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 18,604 ha | +11.8% |
| 1988 | 21,736 ha | +16.8% |
| 1989 | 23,858 ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 23,745 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 20,799 ha | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 21,569 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 21,424 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 21,810 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 23,841 ha | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 23,940 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 25,870 ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 28,600 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 28,177 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 28,133 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 28,810 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 28,596 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 29,423 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 33,690 ha | +14.5% |
| 2005 | 33,437 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 35,095 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 34,627 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 36,339 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 34,740 ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 34,658 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 35,371 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 36,693 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 36,122 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 37,487 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 34,105 ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 33,134 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 34,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 32,600 ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 34,419 ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 35,136 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 34,749 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 34,564 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 33,323 ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 33,381 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,008 ha | 6,132 ha | 9,275 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,703 ha | 7,884 ha | 11,986 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,297 ha | 10,138 ha | 23,858 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,978 ha | 20,799 ha | 28,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,289 ha | 28,133 ha | 36,339 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,929 ha | 32,600 ha | 37,487 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,231 ha | 33,323 ha | 35,136 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Asia was 33,381 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 37,487 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,132 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 16th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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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About this data
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.