Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 23,564 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 23,564 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Mexico peaked at 24,816 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12,353 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Mexico 28th 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,538 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,500 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 12,463 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 12,463 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12,353 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 12,500 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 12,464 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 12,571 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 12,857 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 13,333 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 13,972 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 15,000 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 15,385 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 15,625 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 15,750 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 17,062 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 16,697 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 14,196 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1979 | 15,676 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 18,008 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1981 | 16,263 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1982 | 17,050 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 19,043 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 19,782 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 16,876 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1986 | 17,817 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 17,422 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 18,551 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 20,273 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1990 | 19,975 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 21,393 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 20,786 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 20,200 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 19,143 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 19,860 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 20,502 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 19,966 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 19,004 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 20,238 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 20,486 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 21,177 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 21,570 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 21,559 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 20,031 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 21,294 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 21,182 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 21,445 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 21,392 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 20,119 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 20,485 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 20,118 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 20,706 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 20,743 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 21,434 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 21,566 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 21,920 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 22,863 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 23,698 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 24,816 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 24,329 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 23,784 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 24,591 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 24,206 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 23,564 kg/ha | -2.7% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 23,564 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 23,564 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13,018 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,523 kg/ha | 12,353 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,270 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 17,062 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,109 kg/ha | 16,263 kg/ha | 20,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,107 kg/ha | 19,004 kg/ha | 21,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,026 kg/ha | 20,031 kg/ha | 21,570 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,835 kg/ha | 20,118 kg/ha | 24,816 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,095 kg/ha | 23,564 kg/ha | 24,591 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Mexico?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Mexico was 23,564 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 24,816 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,353 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Mexico rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Mexico ranks 28th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.