Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Germany
Germany: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 31,494 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 31,494 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Germany peaked at 31,739 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 11,478 kg/ha, in 1996.
Germany ranks 8th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,458 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,361 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 14,739 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 14,848 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 14,838 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 16,262 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1967 | 16,034 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 16,120 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 15,843 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 16,492 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 16,159 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 16,591 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 18,808 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1974 | 18,146 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 17,168 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 16,422 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 17,384 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 18,032 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 18,418 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 19,482 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 19,999 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 19,613 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 19,953 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 20,290 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 17,889 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 20,804 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1988 | 19,996 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 21,900 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 22,716 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 23,636 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 18,896 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1993 | 23,922 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1994 | 22,407 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 23,774 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 11,478 kg/ha | -51.7% |
| 1997 | 23,996 kg/ha | +109.1% |
| 1998 | 24,034 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 24,147 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 18,040 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2001 | 17,897 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 19,858 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 18,377 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 22,068 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2005 | 21,836 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 22,658 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 22,298 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 20,910 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 22,576 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 20,849 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 22,702 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 28,081 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2013 | 24,877 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 23,860 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 24,246 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 23,325 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 23,442 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 29,167 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2019 | 31,066 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 31,415 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 31,739 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 31,017 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 30,197 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 31,494 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 31,494 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Germany's 31,494 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +109.1% | 11,478 kg/ha | 23,996 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -51.7% | 23,774 kg/ha | 11,478 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,278 kg/ha | 14,361 kg/ha | 16,262 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,362 kg/ha | 16,159 kg/ha | 18,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,993 kg/ha | 17,889 kg/ha | 21,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,900 kg/ha | 11,478 kg/ha | 24,147 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,652 kg/ha | 17,897 kg/ha | 22,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,161 kg/ha | 20,849 kg/ha | 31,066 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,172 kg/ha | 30,197 kg/ha | 31,739 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 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
- 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 Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Germany?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Germany was 31,494 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 31,739 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,478 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Germany rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Germany ranks 8th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.