Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Australia
Australia: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 17,627 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Australia is 17,627 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Australia peaked at 29,390 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11,191 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Australia 51st out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,322 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,191 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 11,447 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 11,933 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 11,756 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 12,103 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 11,457 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 11,559 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 14,294 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1970 | 16,381 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1971 | 17,194 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 16,683 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 15,585 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 16,458 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 17,261 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 19,823 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1977 | 16,289 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1978 | 17,775 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 17,500 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 18,118 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 17,467 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 18,381 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 19,729 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 19,820 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 21,223 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 22,405 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 21,903 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 22,160 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 22,197 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 24,110 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 26,634 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 25,292 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 25,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 24,410 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 23,044 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 22,866 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 23,427 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 22,602 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 21,234 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 29,390 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 2001 | 26,527 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 22,616 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 19,809 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 20,786 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 23,168 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 20,220 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 27,095 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 2008 | 23,088 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 22,202 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 20,783 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 15,945 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2012 | 17,373 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 22,605 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2014 | 15,469 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2015 | 20,202 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2016 | 16,119 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 17,650 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 19,058 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 17,169 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2020 | 21,966 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2021 | 18,842 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2022 | 17,878 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 17,884 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 17,627 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 17,627 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Australia's 17,627 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 17,413 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,896 kg/ha | 11,191 kg/ha | 14,294 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,095 kg/ha | 15,585 kg/ha | 19,823 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,340 kg/ha | 17,467 kg/ha | 22,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,862 kg/ha | 21,234 kg/ha | 26,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,490 kg/ha | 19,809 kg/ha | 29,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,237 kg/ha | 15,469 kg/ha | 22,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,839 kg/ha | 17,627 kg/ha | 21,966 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 48 North Macedonia 18,187 kg/ha compare
- 49 Switzerland 18,126 kg/ha compare
- 50 China, Hong Kong SAR 17,810 kg/ha compare
- 52 Croatia 17,600 kg/ha compare
- 53 Qatar 17,485 kg/ha compare
- 54 Barbados 17,436 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Australia?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Australia was 17,627 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,390 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,191 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Australia rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Australia ranks 51st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.