Lettuce and chicory — Production in World
World: Lettuce and chicory — Production was 28.23 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Production in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — production in World stood at 28.23 million t.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — production in World peaked at 28.34 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.06 million t, in 1964.
World ranks 1st of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Production in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.62 million t | — |
| 1962 | 6.09 million t | -8.0% |
| 1963 | 6.13 million t | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 6.06 million t | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 6.20 million t | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 6.23 million t | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 6.42 million t | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 6.44 million t | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 6.78 million t | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 6.56 million t | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 6.80 million t | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 6.89 million t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 7.20 million t | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 7.33 million t | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 7.47 million t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 7.57 million t | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 7.94 million t | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 8.10 million t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 8.33 million t | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 8.45 million t | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 8.76 million t | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 9.00 million t | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 8.77 million t | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 9.38 million t | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 9.43 million t | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 9.49 million t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 10.20 million t | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 10.80 million t | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 11.26 million t | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 11.57 million t | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 11.94 million t | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 12.70 million t | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 13.25 million t | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 14.26 million t | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 14.33 million t | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 15.33 million t | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 16.40 million t | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 16.15 million t | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 17.19 million t | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 18.40 million t | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 18.84 million t | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 20.28 million t | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 21.47 million t | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 22.53 million t | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 22.58 million t | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 23.62 million t | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 23.74 million t | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 23.82 million t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 24.17 million t | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 24.65 million t | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 25.08 million t | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 25.76 million t | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 24.62 million t | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 25.19 million t | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 26.45 million t | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 26.45 million t | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 26.85 million t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 27.22 million t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 27.33 million t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 27.63 million t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 28.24 million t | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 28.30 million t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 28.34 million t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 28.23 million t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.33 million t | 6.06 million t | 6.78 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.42 million t | 6.56 million t | 8.33 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.55 million t | 8.45 million t | 11.26 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.31 million t | 11.57 million t | 17.19 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.95 million t | 18.40 million t | 24.17 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.96 million t | 24.62 million t | 27.33 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.15 million t | 27.63 million t | 28.34 million t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — production in World?
- Lettuce and chicory — production in World was 28.23 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 28.34 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — production recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.06 million t in 1964.
- How does World rank for lettuce and chicory — production?
- World ranks 1st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — production rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.