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Where Lettuce Grows

China grew the most lettuce in 2024: 14.7 million tonnes, 52.1% of the world’s 28.2 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s lettuce.

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Lettuce grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint-Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands Albania American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan British Virgin Islands Brunei Burundi Cabo Verde Cayman Islands Comoros Cook Islands Curaçao Cyprus Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Gambia Grenada Guam Guernsey Guinea-Bissau Haiti Hong Kong Isle of Man Israel Jamaica Jersey Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macao Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Palau Palestine Pitcairn Islands Puerto Rico Qatar Rwanda Saint-Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Principe Seychelles Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Switzerland Taiwan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United States Virgin Islands Vanuatu Vatican Wallis and Futuna Islands
Share of the world’s lettuce: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 lettuce producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

  1. 1China 52.1%

    14.7 million tonnes

  2. 2United States 15.6%

    4.4 million tonnes

  3. 3India 4.2%

    1.2 million tonnes

  4. 4Spain 3.2%

    916,400 tonnes

  5. 5Italy 2.4%

    688,680 tonnes

  6. 6Niger 2.4%

    667,661 tonnes

  7. 7Turkey 2.1%

    602,848 tonnes

  8. 8Japan 2.0%

    555,776 tonnes

  9. 9Mexico 1.8%

    512,431 tonnes

  10. 10Belgium 1.8%

    501,790 tonnes

World total

28.2 million tonnes

Countries growing it

103

Largest producer

China

Top 3 together

71.8%

All 103 countries that grow lettuce

#CountryTonnesShare
1 China 14,694,796 52.1%
2 United States 4,398,759 15.6%
3 India 1,174,760 4.2%
4 Spain 916,400 3.2%
5 Italy 688,680 2.4%
6 Niger 667,661 2.4%
7 Turkey 602,848 2.1%
8 Japan 555,776 2.0%
9 Mexico 512,431 1.8%
10 Belgium 501,790 1.8%
11 Iran 434,852 1.5%
12 France 433,890 1.5%
13 Germany 222,350 0.8%
14 Netherlands 163,930 0.6%
15 Australia 162,418 0.6%
16 Malaysia 148,197 0.5%
17 Colombia 120,717 0.4%
18 United Kingdom 109,402 0.4%
19 South Korea 106,537 0.4%
20 Guatemala 104,813 0.4%
21 Chile 103,850 0.4%
22 Egypt 98,491 0.3%
23 Guinea 88,028 0.3%
24 Canada 77,502 0.3%
25 Tunisia 76,630 0.3%
26 Venezuela 76,223 0.3%
27 Mali 69,830 0.2%
28 Peru 67,341 0.2%
29 Poland 64,300 0.2%
30 Portugal 57,100 0.2%
31 Switzerland 53,218 0.2%
32 Greece 46,770 0.2%
33 Austria 43,490 0.2%
34 Syria 41,142 0.1%
35 Jordan 39,515 0.1%
36 South Africa 34,451 0.1%
37 New Zealand 34,424 0.1%
38 Thailand 32,125 0.1%
39 Sweden 30,610 0.1%
40 Lebanon 25,866 0.1%
41 Albania 23,444 0.1%
42 Saudi Arabia 21,662 0.1%
43 Iraq 21,429 0.1%
44 Bolivia 18,331 0.1%
45 Jamaica 17,053 0.1%
46 Ecuador 16,829 0.1%
47 Norway 16,600 0.1%
48 Czechia 16,320 0.1%
49 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14,724 0.1%
50 Kuwait 14,509 0.1%
51 Finland 13,280 under 0.1%
52 Denmark 13,100 under 0.1%
53 Slovenia 12,450 under 0.1%
54 Dominican Republic 12,272 under 0.1%
55 Israel 11,882 under 0.1%
56 Ethiopia 10,056 under 0.1%
57 Hungary 9,950 under 0.1%
58 Philippines 8,317 under 0.1%
59 Mauritius 6,333 under 0.1%
60 Ireland 6,140 under 0.1%
61 Morocco 5,468 under 0.1%
62 Croatia 5,280 under 0.1%
63 Uzbekistan 5,081 under 0.1%
64 Nepal 4,986 under 0.1%
65 Hong Kong 4,246 under 0.1%
66 Cyprus 2,950 under 0.1%
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,583 under 0.1%
68 Panama 2,204 under 0.1%
69 Malta 2,190 under 0.1%
70 Puerto Rico 2,061 under 0.1%
71 Romania 2,010 under 0.1%
72 Honduras 1,895 under 0.1%
73 Bulgaria 1,840 under 0.1%
74 Kyrgyzstan 1,768 under 0.1%
75 Lithuania 1,630 under 0.1%
76 Ukraine 1,600 under 0.1%
77 Bahrain 1,300 under 0.1%
78 Trinidad and Tobago 1,228 under 0.1%
79 Singapore 1,029 under 0.1%
80 Luxembourg 990 under 0.1%
81 Republic of the Congo 857 under 0.1%
82 Haiti 750 under 0.1%
83 Cabo Verde 690 under 0.1%
84 Costa Rica 561 under 0.1%
85 Barbados 560 under 0.1%
86 Qatar 466 under 0.1%
87 Latvia 400 under 0.1%
88 United Arab Emirates 390 under 0.1%
89 Pakistan 371 under 0.1%
90 French Polynesia 304 under 0.1%
91 Zimbabwe 204 under 0.1%
92 Kenya 195 under 0.1%
93 Saint Lucia 194 under 0.1%
94 North Macedonia 185 under 0.1%
95 Bahamas 131 under 0.1%
96 Dominica 115 under 0.1%
97 Madagascar 102 under 0.1%
98 Slovakia 90 under 0.1%
99 São Tomé and Principe 82 under 0.1%
100 Antigua and Barbuda 37 under 0.1%
101 Vanuatu 20 under 0.1%
102 Grenada 13 under 0.1%
103 Brunei 9 under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Lettuce and chicory. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

  1. 1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
  2. 2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
  3. 3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
  4. 4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most lettuce?

China grew the most lettuce in 2024: 14.7 million tonnes, 52.1% of the world’s 28.2 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 lettuce producing countries?

China (52.1%), United States (15.6%), India (4.2%), Spain (3.2%) and Italy (2.4%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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