Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Kuwait
Kuwait: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 49,316 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Kuwait, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Kuwait is 49,316 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Kuwait peaked at 58,330 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 16,833 kg/ha, in 1993.
Kuwait ranks 3rd of 107 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 29,024 kg/ha | — |
| 1987 | 26,400 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1988 | 29,581 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1989 | 26,754 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 27,724 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 32,258 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1992 | 35,000 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 16,833 kg/ha | -51.9% |
| 1994 | 33,114 kg/ha | +96.7% |
| 1995 | 51,833 kg/ha | +56.5% |
| 1996 | 34,731 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1997 | 31,389 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 52,205 kg/ha | +66.3% |
| 1999 | 51,215 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 50,551 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 50,254 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 50,441 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 50,664 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 50,842 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 51,273 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 51,139 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 50,812 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 52,090 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 50,561 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 51,640 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 35,303 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2012 | 35,758 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 32,340 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 36,918 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 58,330 kg/ha | +58.0% |
| 2016 | 47,446 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 47,265 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 47,149 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 48,498 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 55,180 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 52,415 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 48,699 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 48,701 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 49,316 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 49,316 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 49,316 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19,445 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Kuwait 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +96.7% | 16,833 kg/ha | 33,114 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +66.3% | 31,389 kg/ha | 52,205 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +58.0% | 36,918 kg/ha | 58,330 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +56.5% | 33,114 kg/ha | 51,833 kg/ha |
| 1993 | -51.9% | 35,000 kg/ha | 16,833 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 27,940 kg/ha | 26,400 kg/ha | 29,581 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 36,630 kg/ha | 16,833 kg/ha | 52,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,863 kg/ha | 50,254 kg/ha | 52,090 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,065 kg/ha | 32,340 kg/ha | 58,330 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,862 kg/ha | 48,699 kg/ha | 55,180 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 41,662 kg/ha compare
- 1 Puerto Rico 105,478 kg/ha compare
- 2 Bahrain 50,000 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,933 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 47,542 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 27,734 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Kuwait?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Kuwait was 49,316 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 58,330 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,833 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Kuwait rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Kuwait ranks 3rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.