Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Canada
Canada: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 22,490 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 22,490 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Canada peaked at 33,463 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 11,574 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Canada 35th 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 Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,584 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,928 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1963 | 12,655 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1964 | 12,821 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 12,544 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 11,855 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 13,048 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 13,892 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 11,707 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1970 | 13,483 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1971 | 15,797 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 11,574 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1973 | 15,615 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1974 | 16,188 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 16,806 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 17,427 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 20,613 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1978 | 22,657 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1979 | 22,514 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 21,321 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 18,798 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 19,647 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 22,499 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 24,214 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 25,916 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 18,856 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1987 | 19,931 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 20,888 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 20,609 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 23,088 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 23,985 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 25,209 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 25,545 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 26,835 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 19,740 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1996 | 21,850 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 33,463 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 1998 | 27,564 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1999 | 26,593 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 19,059 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2001 | 25,130 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2002 | 25,613 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 24,882 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 23,738 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 22,939 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 18,449 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2007 | 23,761 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2008 | 22,498 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 23,416 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 15,842 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 2011 | 18,354 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2012 | 22,362 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2013 | 21,987 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 22,216 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 22,296 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 22,885 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 22,600 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 22,549 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 22,485 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 20,577 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 23,570 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 22,312 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 21,799 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 22,490 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 22,490 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,893 kg/ha | 11,707 kg/ha | 14,928 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,268 kg/ha | 11,574 kg/ha | 22,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,268 kg/ha | 18,798 kg/ha | 25,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,387 kg/ha | 19,740 kg/ha | 33,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,949 kg/ha | 18,449 kg/ha | 25,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,358 kg/ha | 15,842 kg/ha | 22,885 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,149 kg/ha | 20,577 kg/ha | 23,570 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Canada?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Canada was 22,490 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 33,463 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,574 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Canada rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Canada ranks 35th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.