Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 23,780 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 23,780 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Colombia peaked at 29,055 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,882 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Colombia 26th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,882 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,882 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,111 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 6,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,316 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 6,316 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,500 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,667 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,818 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 6,818 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,956 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 6,956 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,083 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 7,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,190 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 7,143 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 6,765 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 6,781 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 7,189 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 8,500 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1986 | 11,149 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1987 | 11,123 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 11,341 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 12,000 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 11,911 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 13,483 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 13,905 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 14,292 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 14,722 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 15,778 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 15,486 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 20,000 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1998 | 11,579 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1999 | 16,422 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2000 | 17,161 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 15,280 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 16,187 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 16,343 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 17,125 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 15,590 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 15,306 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 15,928 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 20,640 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2009 | 19,792 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 18,256 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 17,823 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 22,157 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2013 | 20,886 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 21,336 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 22,027 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 22,849 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 25,895 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 29,055 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 24,958 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 24,843 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 22,735 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 24,100 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 24,627 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 23,780 kg/ha | -3.4% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 23,780 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 23,780 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13,018 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -42.1% | 20,000 kg/ha | 11,579 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +41.8% | 11,579 kg/ha | 16,422 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +31.2% | 8,500 kg/ha | 11,149 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +29.6% | 15,928 kg/ha | 20,640 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +29.1% | 15,486 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,254 kg/ha | 5,882 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,930 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 7,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,918 kg/ha | 6,765 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,758 kg/ha | 11,579 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,935 kg/ha | 15,280 kg/ha | 20,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,524 kg/ha | 17,823 kg/ha | 29,055 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,017 kg/ha | 22,735 kg/ha | 24,843 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Colombia?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Colombia was 23,780 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,055 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,882 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Colombia ranks 26th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.