Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 24,612 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 24,612 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Portugal peaked at 27,989 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 15,343 kg/ha, in 1998.
Portugal ranks 24th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 21,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 21,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 21,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 18,333 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1970 | 18,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 18,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 17,692 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 18,462 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 18,692 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 18,923 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 18,692 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 18,462 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 19,231 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 19,231 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 19,462 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 20,769 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 23,077 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 21,429 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 21,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 23,077 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 23,077 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 23,077 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 22,857 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 22,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 22,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 25,000 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 22,222 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 24,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 21,357 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 21,893 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 21,580 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 15,343 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1999 | 21,147 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2000 | 21,591 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 21,667 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 21,722 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 21,780 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 21,639 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 21,772 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 21,730 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 22,014 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 22,235 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 22,484 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 23,169 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 26,162 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 21,902 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 21,005 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 26,138 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2015 | 26,482 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 23,837 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 24,669 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 23,231 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 24,079 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 25,403 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 27,989 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 24,530 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 26,665 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 24,612 kg/ha | -7.7% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 24,612 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 24,612 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +37.8% | 15,343 kg/ha | 21,147 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -28.9% | 21,580 kg/ha | 15,343 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,259 kg/ha | 18,333 kg/ha | 21,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,515 kg/ha | 17,692 kg/ha | 19,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,748 kg/ha | 19,231 kg/ha | 23,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,826 kg/ha | 15,343 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,863 kg/ha | 21,591 kg/ha | 22,484 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,067 kg/ha | 21,005 kg/ha | 26,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,840 kg/ha | 24,530 kg/ha | 27,989 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 21 Cabo Verde 17,250 kg/ha compare
- 21 Republic of Korea 25,482 kg/ha compare
- 22 Czechia 25,108 kg/ha compare
- 23 Luxembourg 24,750 kg/ha compare
- 25 Singapore 24,451 kg/ha compare
- 26 Colombia 23,780 kg/ha compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23,732 kg/ha compare
- 27 Caribbean 8,966 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Portugal?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Portugal was 24,612 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 27,989 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,343 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Portugal rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Portugal ranks 24th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.