Lettuce and chicory — Production in Australia
Australia: Lettuce and chicory — Production was 162,418 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — production in Australia stood at 162,418 t.
The figure is up 11.7% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — production in Australia peaked at 271,251 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 21,240 t, in 1961.
That places Australia 17th out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,324 t | 21,240 t | 32,146 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,892 t | 32,555 t | 51,221 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,007 t | 51,092 t | 89,232 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 107,347 t | 92,454 t | 131,140 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 158,820 t | 121,508 t | 271,251 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 141,057 t | 114,682 t | 164,023 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 140,454 t | 120,707 t | 162,418 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 196,842 t compare
- 15 Belgium-Luxembourg 188,553 t compare
- 16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 163,930 t compare
- 18 Malaysia 148,196 t compare
- 19 Colombia 120,717 t compare
- 20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 109,402 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — production in Australia?
- Lettuce and chicory — production in Australia was 162,418 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 271,251 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,240 t in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for lettuce and chicory — production?
- Australia ranks 17th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — Production. 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.