Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Italy
Italy: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 22,864 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — yield in Italy stood at 22,864 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Italy peaked at 24,349 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15,661 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Italy 34th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,430 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,479 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 16,879 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 17,633 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 17,219 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 17,142 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 16,804 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 15,661 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1969 | 17,474 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 17,381 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 17,567 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 18,046 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 18,214 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 18,345 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 18,438 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 18,786 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 17,721 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 17,634 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 17,715 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 17,742 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 17,884 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 17,775 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 17,770 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 17,437 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 16,886 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 17,626 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 17,969 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 18,233 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 18,172 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 18,689 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 18,826 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 18,410 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 18,844 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 18,818 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 18,386 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 17,270 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 18,213 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 19,290 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 18,226 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 18,913 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 18,294 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 18,553 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 18,671 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 20,083 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 20,205 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 19,558 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 19,779 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 19,088 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 19,367 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 19,680 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 19,820 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 20,388 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 20,053 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 21,502 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 19,998 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 21,430 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 21,600 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 22,288 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 22,528 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 22,912 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 22,714 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 24,349 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 23,923 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 22,864 kg/ha | -4.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 22,864 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Italy's 22,864 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,080 kg/ha | 15,661 kg/ha | 17,633 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,985 kg/ha | 17,381 kg/ha | 18,786 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,749 kg/ha | 16,886 kg/ha | 18,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,497 kg/ha | 17,270 kg/ha | 19,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,251 kg/ha | 18,294 kg/ha | 20,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,929 kg/ha | 19,680 kg/ha | 22,528 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,352 kg/ha | 22,714 kg/ha | 24,349 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Italy?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Italy was 22,864 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 24,349 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,661 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Italy rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Italy ranks 34th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.