Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 45,836 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 45,836 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 52,557 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 29,693 ha, in 1988.
That places Western Europe 13th 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,155 ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,864 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 39,956 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 41,120 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 39,779 ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 42,253 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 41,860 ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 41,073 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 41,967 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 38,818 ha | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 38,664 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 41,134 ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 40,482 ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 40,184 ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 40,789 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 39,255 ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 39,813 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 39,770 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 37,695 ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 34,708 ha | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 34,096 ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 33,525 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 33,381 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 32,107 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 32,276 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 31,483 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 33,431 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 29,693 ha | -11.2% |
| 1989 | 29,781 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 29,796 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 31,603 ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 33,889 ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 32,653 ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 32,460 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 31,989 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 40,226 ha | +25.7% |
| 1997 | 31,036 ha | -22.8% |
| 1998 | 32,907 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 34,438 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 37,824 ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 37,075 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 36,633 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 38,963 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 39,886 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 38,620 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 40,367 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 40,595 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 42,170 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 41,554 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 37,115 ha | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 36,086 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 36,123 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 34,881 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 33,221 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 32,776 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 32,924 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 33,472 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 51,965 ha | +55.2% |
| 2019 | 52,557 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 51,756 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 52,289 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 51,747 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 45,264 ha | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 45,836 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,781 ha | 39,155 ha | 42,253 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,660 ha | 37,695 ha | 41,134 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,448 ha | 29,693 ha | 34,708 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,100 ha | 29,796 ha | 40,226 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,369 ha | 36,633 ha | 42,170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,112 ha | 32,776 ha | 52,557 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,378 ha | 45,264 ha | 52,289 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Western Europe was 45,836 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 52,557 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,693 ha in 1988.
- How does Western Europe rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.