Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 105,478 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Puerto Rico, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — yield in Puerto Rico stood at 105,478 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 10.4% on the previous year and up 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 109,462 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 26,500 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Puerto Rico 1st out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 26,500 kg/ha | — |
| 2004 | 26,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 40,500 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 2006 | 36,694 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 39,813 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 39,066 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 41,014 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 39,793 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 43,287 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 27,000 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2013 | 58,106 kg/ha | +115.2% |
| 2014 | 80,105 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 2015 | 80,610 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 82,947 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 89,431 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 109,462 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2019 | 97,764 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 94,419 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 92,602 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 84,190 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 95,549 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2024 | 105,478 kg/ha | +10.4% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 105,478 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 5.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 105,478 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13,018 kg/ha, 8.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +115.2% | 27,000 kg/ha | 58,106 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35,727 kg/ha | 26,500 kg/ha | 41,014 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 70,850 kg/ha | 27,000 kg/ha | 109,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 94,448 kg/ha | 84,190 kg/ha | 105,478 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 41,662 kg/ha compare
- 2 Bahrain 50,000 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,933 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 49,316 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 47,542 kg/ha
- 4 Türkiye 27,734 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Puerto Rico was 105,478 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 109,462 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,500 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 1st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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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About this data
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.