Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 20,055 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 20,055 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Egypt peaked at 28,753 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17,352 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Egypt 42nd 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,048 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,643 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 22,024 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 22,619 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 21,022 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 23,727 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 22,290 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 23,413 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 20,061 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1970 | 23,461 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1971 | 23,461 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 19,721 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1973 | 19,381 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 18,249 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1975 | 20,232 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 20,697 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 20,942 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 20,216 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 20,904 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 17,352 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1981 | 20,611 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1982 | 20,440 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 19,597 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 19,697 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 21,062 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 20,068 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 22,373 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1988 | 21,088 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 22,024 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 21,773 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 21,409 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 23,572 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1993 | 22,546 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 23,472 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 24,055 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 23,935 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 26,751 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 25,864 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 25,396 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 28,753 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 27,781 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 25,949 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 23,988 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 23,844 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 23,333 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 22,727 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 23,670 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 22,568 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 20,267 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 23,194 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 22,474 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 22,022 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 22,641 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 24,925 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 22,908 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 21,407 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 20,831 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 20,255 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 20,000 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 21,081 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 20,714 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 19,790 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 20,022 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 20,055 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 20,055 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 20,055 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19,445 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,538 kg/ha | 19,048 kg/ha | 23,727 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,726 kg/ha | 18,249 kg/ha | 23,461 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,431 kg/ha | 17,352 kg/ha | 22,373 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,877 kg/ha | 21,409 kg/ha | 26,751 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,288 kg/ha | 20,267 kg/ha | 28,753 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,066 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 24,925 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,332 kg/ha | 19,790 kg/ha | 21,081 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Egypt?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Egypt was 20,055 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 28,753 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,352 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Egypt rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Egypt ranks 42nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.