Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Central America
Central America: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 23,916 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Central America, 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 Central America is 23,916 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Central America peaked at 25,263 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10,052 kg/ha, in 1967.
Central America ranks 8th of 28 groups on this measure, 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 Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,074 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,204 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 11,331 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 11,224 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 10,987 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 11,194 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 10,052 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1968 | 10,226 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 10,543 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 12,748 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1971 | 12,026 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1972 | 14,401 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1973 | 14,642 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 14,884 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 15,338 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 16,117 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 16,043 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 14,007 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1979 | 15,223 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 16,976 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 15,737 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 16,444 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 18,109 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 19,070 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 16,568 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1986 | 17,391 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 17,136 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 18,179 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 19,660 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 19,076 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 20,950 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 20,384 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 19,457 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 18,817 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 19,488 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 19,632 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 19,722 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 18,823 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 19,998 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 20,113 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 22,646 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2002 | 22,884 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 21,583 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 20,170 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 21,282 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 21,693 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 22,021 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 22,100 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 20,803 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 21,244 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 20,852 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 21,351 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 21,383 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 22,092 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 22,302 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 22,730 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 23,396 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 24,081 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 25,263 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 24,917 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 24,229 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 24,763 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 24,440 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 23,916 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,870 kg/ha | 10,052 kg/ha | 11,331 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,543 kg/ha | 12,026 kg/ha | 16,117 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,527 kg/ha | 15,737 kg/ha | 19,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,635 kg/ha | 18,817 kg/ha | 20,950 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,529 kg/ha | 20,113 kg/ha | 22,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,470 kg/ha | 20,852 kg/ha | 25,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,453 kg/ha | 23,916 kg/ha | 24,917 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 5 Belgium 43,710 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
- 9 Sao Tome and Principe 29,892 kg/ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 13,534 kg/ha compare
- 10 Austria 29,788 kg/ha compare
- 11 Ireland 27,909 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 7,236 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Central America?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Central America was 23,916 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 25,263 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,052 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Central America rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Central America ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.