Lettuce and chicory — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Production was 34,451 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — production in Southern Africa stood at 34,451 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — production in Southern Africa peaked at 66,249 t in 1982 and was at its lowest, 5,213 t, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,213 t | — |
| 1962 | 7,736 t | +48.4% |
| 1963 | 9,600 t | +24.1% |
| 1964 | 10,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 15,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 18,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 22,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1972 | 23,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 23,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 36,000 t | +56.5% |
| 1975 | 40,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 42,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 42,583 t | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 48,971 t | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 53,933 t | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 50,000 t | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 50,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 66,249 t | +32.5% |
| 1983 | 36,894 t | -44.3% |
| 1984 | 39,506 t | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 38,470 t | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 40,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 34,506 t | -13.7% |
| 1989 | 38,143 t | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 37,241 t | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 36,117 t | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 35,266 t | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 35,080 t | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 33,580 t | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 34,193 t | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 36,201 t | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 36,781 t | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 35,602 t | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 34,284 t | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 30,680 t | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 30,088 t | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 32,587 t | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 35,933 t | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 40,391 t | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 40,895 t | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 40,623 t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 37,151 t | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 43,241 t | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 38,613 t | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 38,983 t | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 37,505 t | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 37,160 t | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 37,193 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 37,621 t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 38,506 t | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 38,535 t | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 36,185 t | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 33,055 t | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 33,942 t | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 33,557 t | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 33,969 t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 33,472 t | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 31,590 t | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 34,451 t | +9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,950 t | 5,213 t | 15,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,949 t | 18,000 t | 53,933 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,377 t | 34,506 t | 66,249 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,434 t | 33,580 t | 37,241 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,020 t | 30,088 t | 43,241 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,869 t | 33,055 t | 38,983 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,408 t | 31,590 t | 34,451 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — production in Southern Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — production in Southern Africa was 34,451 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 66,249 t in 1982.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,213 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.