Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Israel
Israel: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 4,327 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — yield in Israel stood at 4,327 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 17.9% on the previous year and down 62.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Israel peaked at 47,593 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 4,327 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Israel 101st out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,930 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,939 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 18,684 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1964 | 22,581 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1965 | 22,439 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 23,902 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 21,220 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1968 | 16,406 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1969 | 13,625 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1970 | 13,173 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 17,049 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1972 | 16,316 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 18,026 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 17,708 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 15,833 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 14,689 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1977 | 16,755 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1978 | 29,861 kg/ha | +78.2% |
| 1979 | 23,469 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1980 | 21,759 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 47,593 kg/ha | +118.7% |
| 1982 | 32,326 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1983 | 31,754 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 40,818 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1985 | 33,592 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1986 | 29,059 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 27,857 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 31,040 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1989 | 30,928 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 33,571 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 29,073 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 30,379 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 33,505 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 33,200 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 34,401 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 30,363 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1997 | 33,709 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 36,576 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 35,785 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 39,307 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 34,348 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2002 | 32,552 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 28,006 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2004 | 27,993 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 28,515 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 25,630 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 24,408 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 22,404 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 22,675 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 20,049 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 17,763 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 13,873 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2013 | 13,834 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 11,677 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 13,756 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2016 | 13,071 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 11,253 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 9,871 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 9,050 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 7,986 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 7,205 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 6,212 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2023 | 5,269 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2024 | 4,327 kg/ha | -17.9% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 4,327 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Israel's 4,327 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19,445 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +118.7% | 21,759 kg/ha | 47,593 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +78.2% | 16,755 kg/ha | 29,861 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,636 kg/ha | 13,625 kg/ha | 23,939 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,288 kg/ha | 13,173 kg/ha | 29,861 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,673 kg/ha | 21,759 kg/ha | 47,593 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,056 kg/ha | 29,073 kg/ha | 36,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,584 kg/ha | 22,404 kg/ha | 39,307 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,420 kg/ha | 9,050 kg/ha | 20,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,200 kg/ha | 4,327 kg/ha | 7,986 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 98 Antigua and Barbuda 4,698 kg/ha compare
- 99 Kenya 4,535 kg/ha compare
- 100 Yemen 4,484 kg/ha compare
- 102 Costa Rica 2,788 kg/ha compare
- 103 Haiti 2,770 kg/ha compare
- 104 Brunei Darussalam 1,887 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Israel?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Israel was 4,327 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 47,593 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,327 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Israel rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Israel ranks 101st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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.