Lettuce and chicory — Production in South America
South America: Lettuce and chicory — Production was 403,291 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — production in South America stood at 403,291 t.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — production in South America peaked at 560,308 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 63,660 t, in 1961.
That places South America 18th 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 — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,660 t | — |
| 1962 | 74,925 t | +17.7% |
| 1963 | 81,730 t | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 71,949 t | -12.0% |
| 1965 | 71,420 t | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 77,656 t | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 80,085 t | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 77,815 t | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 77,261 t | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 83,507 t | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 82,250 t | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 79,111 t | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 81,521 t | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 86,328 t | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 88,631 t | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 97,363 t | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 82,928 t | -14.8% |
| 1978 | 107,848 t | +30.1% |
| 1979 | 122,394 t | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 129,917 t | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 127,373 t | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 131,063 t | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 132,570 t | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 149,568 t | +12.8% |
| 1985 | 130,739 t | -12.6% |
| 1986 | 114,616 t | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 104,296 t | -9.0% |
| 1988 | 106,932 t | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 120,608 t | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 120,787 t | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 112,821 t | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 101,619 t | -9.9% |
| 1993 | 101,801 t | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 130,241 t | +27.9% |
| 1995 | 136,194 t | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 131,084 t | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 154,648 t | +18.0% |
| 1998 | 166,352 t | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 185,549 t | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 202,456 t | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 202,168 t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 193,271 t | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 185,858 t | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 185,658 t | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 190,566 t | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 199,737 t | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 209,880 t | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 263,869 t | +25.7% |
| 2009 | 273,267 t | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 267,828 t | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 285,093 t | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 299,842 t | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 299,196 t | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 332,847 t | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 339,254 t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 360,027 t | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 432,401 t | +20.1% |
| 2018 | 560,308 t | +29.6% |
| 2019 | 502,490 t | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 409,044 t | -18.6% |
| 2021 | 394,671 t | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 415,304 t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 402,818 t | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 403,291 t | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,167 t | 63,660 t | 81,730 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 91,188 t | 79,111 t | 122,394 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 124,768 t | 104,296 t | 149,568 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 134,110 t | 101,619 t | 185,549 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 210,673 t | 185,658 t | 273,267 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 367,929 t | 267,828 t | 560,308 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 405,026 t | 394,671 t | 415,304 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — production in South America?
- Lettuce and chicory — production in South America was 403,291 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 560,308 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,660 t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for lettuce and chicory — production?
- South America ranks 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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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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.