Lettuce and chicory — Yield in South America
South America: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 15,024 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — yield in South America stood at 15,024 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in South America peaked at 17,627 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 9,221 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places South America 21st out of 30 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,435 kg/ha | 9,573 kg/ha | 10,963 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,362 kg/ha | 9,221 kg/ha | 10,991 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,823 kg/ha | 10,203 kg/ha | 11,855 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,143 kg/ha | 11,359 kg/ha | 13,688 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,550 kg/ha | 13,034 kg/ha | 14,573 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,539 kg/ha | 13,496 kg/ha | 17,627 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,930 kg/ha | 14,693 kg/ha | 15,176 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 18 Saudi Arabia 26,740 kg/ha compare
- 19 Finland 26,560 kg/ha compare
- 20 France 25,553 kg/ha compare
- 21 Republic of Korea 25,482 kg/ha compare
- 22 Czech Republic 25,108 kg/ha compare
- 23 Luxembourg 24,750 kg/ha compare
- 24 Portugal 24,612 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 69.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,181 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in South America?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in South America was 15,024 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 17,627 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,221 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does South America rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- South America ranks 21st out of 30 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.