Lettuce and chicory — Yield in China
China: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 23,136 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — yield in China stood at 23,136 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in China peaked at 27,946 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 14,788 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 31st 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 China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,788 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,875 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 16,516 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 16,578 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 17,448 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 17,734 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 17,881 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 18,977 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 20,518 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 21,250 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 21,548 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 20,495 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 21,525 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 21,675 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 21,626 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 21,640 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 21,630 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 19,396 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1979 | 20,888 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 20,245 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 21,568 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 21,310 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 21,223 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 21,753 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 21,672 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 22,179 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 23,272 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 22,879 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 22,744 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 23,839 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 23,957 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 27,946 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 24,973 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1994 | 24,691 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 24,994 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 25,710 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 22,539 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1998 | 21,729 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 20,689 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 21,968 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 21,713 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 22,498 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 23,807 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 21,000 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 22,193 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 22,094 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 22,429 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 22,934 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 23,362 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 23,089 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 23,559 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 24,346 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 23,682 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 23,461 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 23,706 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 23,617 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 23,611 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 23,698 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 23,659 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 23,637 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 22,796 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 23,358 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 23,260 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 23,136 kg/ha | -0.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 23,136 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- China's 23,136 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 17,413 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,368 kg/ha | 14,788 kg/ha | 20,518 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,167 kg/ha | 19,396 kg/ha | 21,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,885 kg/ha | 20,245 kg/ha | 23,272 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,107 kg/ha | 20,689 kg/ha | 27,946 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,400 kg/ha | 21,000 kg/ha | 23,807 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,643 kg/ha | 23,089 kg/ha | 24,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,237 kg/ha | 22,796 kg/ha | 23,637 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in China?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in China was 23,136 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 27,946 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,788 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- China ranks 31st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.