Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 27,909 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ireland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Ireland is 27,909 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Ireland peaked at 29,642 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 21,176 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Ireland 11th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 26,191 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 25,454 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 25,500 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 26,391 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 29,167 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 28,571 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 26,696 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 26,686 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 26,774 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 29,642 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 28,676 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 21,176 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2003 | 27,979 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2004 | 21,456 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2005 | 27,817 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2006 | 25,177 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 23,759 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 27,241 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 27,273 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 27,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 25,252 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 23,906 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 24,242 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 26,246 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 24,585 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 24,837 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 24,116 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 23,692 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 25,818 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 28,048 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 27,348 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 29,046 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 29,238 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 27,909 kg/ha | -4.5% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 27,909 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 27,909 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,643 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 29,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,020 kg/ha | 21,176 kg/ha | 29,642 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,997 kg/ha | 23,692 kg/ha | 27,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,318 kg/ha | 27,348 kg/ha | 29,238 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 8 Germany 31,494 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 Micronesia 7,236 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,508 kg/ha compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 27,879 kg/ha compare
- 13 Spain 27,820 kg/ha compare
- 14 Japan 27,742 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Ireland?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Ireland was 27,909 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 29,642 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,176 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Ireland rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Ireland ranks 11th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ireland 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.