Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 43,710 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Belgium is 43,710 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Belgium peaked at 45,926 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 24,286 kg/ha, in 2003.
Belgium ranks 5th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 24,360 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 24,895 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 24,371 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 24,286 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 36,344 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 2005 | 34,620 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 36,607 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 40,210 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 45,926 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 37,758 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2010 | 37,278 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 35,765 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 42,692 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 44,750 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 43,917 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 42,638 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 40,624 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 41,728 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 45,534 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 45,768 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 44,796 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 44,094 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 44,857 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 44,166 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 43,710 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 43,710 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 43,710 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +49.7% | 24,286 kg/ha | 36,344 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32,938 kg/ha | 24,286 kg/ha | 45,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,069 kg/ha | 35,765 kg/ha | 45,768 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,325 kg/ha | 43,710 kg/ha | 44,857 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 2 Bahrain 50,000 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,933 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 49,316 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 47,542 kg/ha
- 4 Türkiye 27,734 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,891 kg/ha compare
- 6 Hungary 41,458 kg/ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 19,924 kg/ha compare
- 7 Congo 39,588 kg/ha compare
- 8 Germany 31,494 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Belgium?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Belgium was 43,710 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 45,926 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,286 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Belgium rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Belgium ranks 5th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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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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.