Lettuce and chicory — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Lettuce and chicory — Production was 1.42 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 1.42 million t for lettuce and chicory — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 68.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — production in Western Europe peaked at 1.86 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 761,844 t, in 1962.
Western Europe ranks 10th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 765,285 t | — |
| 1962 | 761,844 t | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 793,505 t | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 874,297 t | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 832,322 t | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 819,434 t | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 909,939 t | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 876,244 t | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 946,540 t | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 926,418 t | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 944,802 t | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 925,434 t | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 944,224 t | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 903,575 t | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 899,478 t | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 809,138 t | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 859,293 t | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 861,395 t | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 860,180 t | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 862,879 t | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 915,914 t | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 932,111 t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 887,723 t | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 854,411 t | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 944,685 t | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 975,624 t | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 975,456 t | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 913,765 t | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 921,036 t | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 942,820 t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 969,960 t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 947,517 t | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 947,714 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 956,401 t | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 1.01 million t | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 1.01 million t | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 989,239 t | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 975,469 t | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.03 million t | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 963,344 t | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 956,020 t | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 942,837 t | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 927,148 t | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.00 million t | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 995,788 t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.03 million t | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 1.06 million t | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 1.03 million t | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 1.04 million t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 898,300 t | -14.0% |
| 2011 | 895,743 t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.01 million t | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 914,924 t | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 841,044 t | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 860,764 t | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 847,364 t | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 852,112 t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.86 million t | +118.3% |
| 2019 | 1.66 million t | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 1.67 million t | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.71 million t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.68 million t | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.39 million t | -16.9% |
| 2024 | 1.42 million t | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 842,157 t | 761,844 t | 946,540 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 893,394 t | 809,138 t | 944,802 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 918,360 t | 854,411 t | 975,624 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 978,081 t | 942,820 t | 1.03 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 995,776 t | 927,148 t | 1.06 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 million t | 841,044 t | 1.86 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.57 million t | 1.39 million t | 1.71 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 182,443 1000 An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 7,060 ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 13,867 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 97,900 t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 16,128 g/An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 2.94 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 10,570 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,919 g/An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 12.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — production in Western Europe?
- Lettuce and chicory — production in Western Europe was 1.42 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.86 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 761,844 t in 1962.
- How does Western Europe rank for lettuce and chicory — production?
- Western Europe ranks 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.8%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.