Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Africa
Africa: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 19,081 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — yield in Africa stood at 19,081 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Africa peaked at 20,975 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 13,140 kg/ha, in 1991.
Africa ranks 17th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,573 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,731 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 16,361 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 15,984 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 17,481 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 19,122 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 18,553 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 20,615 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 18,404 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1970 | 20,812 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1971 | 20,766 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 17,773 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1973 | 17,381 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 17,733 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 18,741 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 19,532 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 19,173 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 19,452 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 20,893 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 18,147 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1981 | 20,407 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 20,975 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 18,311 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1984 | 18,542 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 19,380 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 19,039 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 20,447 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 19,480 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 19,936 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 18,051 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 13,140 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1992 | 13,588 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 13,239 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 13,340 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 13,168 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 13,319 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 13,497 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 13,920 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 14,293 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 14,724 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 15,097 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 14,519 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 14,866 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 14,999 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 15,399 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 15,304 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 15,519 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 15,800 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 14,645 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 15,337 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 16,673 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 15,783 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 16,818 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 18,936 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 16,396 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 15,920 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 16,902 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 16,622 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 17,035 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 18,419 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 18,272 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 19,469 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 20,063 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 19,081 kg/ha | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,314 kg/ha | 14,573 kg/ha | 20,615 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,225 kg/ha | 17,381 kg/ha | 20,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,466 kg/ha | 18,147 kg/ha | 20,975 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,955 kg/ha | 13,140 kg/ha | 18,051 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,087 kg/ha | 14,519 kg/ha | 15,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,642 kg/ha | 15,337 kg/ha | 18,936 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,061 kg/ha | 18,272 kg/ha | 20,063 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Africa?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Africa was 19,081 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20,975 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,140 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Africa rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Africa ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — Yield. 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.