Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 20,657 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Mauritius is 20,657 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.4% on the previous year and up 99.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Mauritius peaked at 20,657 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,333 kg/ha, in 2020.
Mauritius ranks 41st of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,429 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1963 | 11,556 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 8,031 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1965 | 9,974 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1966 | 9,763 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 11,467 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1968 | 11,115 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 12,273 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 10,867 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 10,143 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 11,320 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 11,485 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 15,357 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1975 | 14,400 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 16,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 15,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 14,733 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 14,643 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 14,611 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 13,636 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 13,571 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 13,947 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 13,421 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 15,556 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1986 | 13,889 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1987 | 12,500 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 12,879 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 13,293 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 12,979 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 13,658 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 12,857 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 13,280 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 13,203 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 12,607 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 13,254 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 13,894 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 13,911 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 13,589 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 13,200 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 13,402 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 13,179 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 11,976 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 11,624 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 11,210 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 9,756 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 10,491 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 10,988 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 10,575 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 10,253 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 10,067 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 9,500 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 10,925 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 10,356 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 8,061 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2016 | 12,558 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 2017 | 11,556 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 9,616 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2019 | 9,029 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 7,333 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 7,562 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 8,710 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2023 | 15,490 kg/ha | +77.8% |
| 2024 | 20,657 kg/ha | +33.4% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 20,657 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 20,657 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +77.8% | 8,710 kg/ha | 15,490 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +55.8% | 8,061 kg/ha | 12,558 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,475 kg/ha | 8,031 kg/ha | 12,273 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,395 kg/ha | 10,143 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,730 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,323 kg/ha | 12,607 kg/ha | 13,911 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,640 kg/ha | 9,756 kg/ha | 13,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,192 kg/ha | 8,061 kg/ha | 12,558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,950 kg/ha | 7,333 kg/ha | 20,657 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Mauritius?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Mauritius was 20,657 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 20,657 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,333 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Mauritius rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 41st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.