Lettuce and chicory — Yield in France
France: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 25,553 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
France recorded 25,553 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in France peaked at 38,980 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 16,224 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places France 20th 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 France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,394 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,104 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 17,400 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 18,473 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 18,941 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 16,986 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 17,491 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 17,228 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 18,035 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 19,191 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 19,197 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16,497 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1973 | 17,381 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 16,988 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 17,194 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 16,224 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 17,206 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 17,061 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 19,227 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1980 | 20,493 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 22,390 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 23,229 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 22,327 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 20,964 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 23,719 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 25,252 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 24,292 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 25,239 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 24,957 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 25,766 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 25,087 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 24,414 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 24,790 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 25,695 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 25,573 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 26,061 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 26,925 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 27,173 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 27,162 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 28,053 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 27,566 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 27,902 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 26,226 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 25,832 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 27,621 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 27,348 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 27,976 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 26,101 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 26,443 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 26,393 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 25,753 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 28,814 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 27,296 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 26,581 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 26,211 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 25,834 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 25,680 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 38,980 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 2019 | 25,577 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 2020 | 28,003 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 28,499 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 26,288 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 24,389 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 25,553 kg/ha | +4.8% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 25,553 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- France's 25,553 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +51.8% | 25,680 kg/ha | 38,980 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -34.4% | 38,980 kg/ha | 25,577 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,783 kg/ha | 16,986 kg/ha | 18,941 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,617 kg/ha | 16,224 kg/ha | 19,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,286 kg/ha | 20,493 kg/ha | 25,252 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,865 kg/ha | 24,414 kg/ha | 27,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,107 kg/ha | 25,832 kg/ha | 28,053 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,712 kg/ha | 25,577 kg/ha | 38,980 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,546 kg/ha | 24,389 kg/ha | 28,499 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 17 New Zealand 26,810 kg/ha compare
- 18 Saudi Arabia 26,740 kg/ha compare
- 19 Finland 26,560 kg/ha compare
- 21 Cabo Verde 17,250 kg/ha compare
- 21 Republic of Korea 25,482 kg/ha compare
- 22 Czechia 25,108 kg/ha compare
- 23 Luxembourg 24,750 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in France?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in France was 25,553 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 38,980 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,224 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does France rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- France ranks 20th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.