Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Spain
Spain: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 27,820 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 27,820 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Spain peaked at 31,097 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 20,454 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Spain 13th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,828 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,812 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1963 | 22,604 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 22,048 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 21,636 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 21,479 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 22,224 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 21,289 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 21,378 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 21,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 20,454 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 21,691 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 21,772 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 21,549 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 21,646 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 21,396 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 22,575 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 23,100 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 23,973 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 23,273 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 23,868 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 23,487 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 23,180 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 24,278 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 24,350 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 23,671 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 23,923 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 27,204 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1989 | 26,986 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 28,063 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 28,449 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 29,637 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 28,210 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 26,791 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 27,561 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 27,570 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 27,659 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 27,904 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 27,624 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 27,609 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 27,094 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 27,928 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 27,709 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 28,437 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 26,337 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 26,440 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 27,143 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 30,517 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 26,200 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 23,628 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 26,623 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2012 | 26,417 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 26,834 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 26,661 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 27,026 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 26,088 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 28,286 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 27,710 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 28,558 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 28,252 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 31,097 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 28,896 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 26,018 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 27,820 kg/ha | +6.9% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 27,820 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Spain's 27,820 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,367 kg/ha | 21,289 kg/ha | 25,828 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,916 kg/ha | 20,454 kg/ha | 23,973 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,422 kg/ha | 23,180 kg/ha | 27,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,947 kg/ha | 26,791 kg/ha | 29,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,541 kg/ha | 26,200 kg/ha | 30,517 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,783 kg/ha | 23,628 kg/ha | 28,558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,417 kg/ha | 26,018 kg/ha | 31,097 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 10 Austria 29,788 kg/ha compare
- 11 Ireland 27,909 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 7,236 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,508 kg/ha compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 27,879 kg/ha compare
- 14 Japan 27,742 kg/ha compare
- 15 Guatemala 27,518 kg/ha compare
- 16 Jordan 27,177 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — yield in Spain?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Spain was 27,820 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 31,097 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,454 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Spain rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Spain ranks 13th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.