Australia vs Canada: Lentils, dry — Area harvested
Lentils, dry — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1.69 million ha against 1.04 million ha in Australia, a difference of 656,000 ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.6 times Australia's.
Across all 37 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 4th and Canada ranks 2nd of 59 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,500 ha | 119,300 ha | 116,800 ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 21,421 ha | 318,057 ha | 296,636 ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 132,675 ha | 650,340 ha | 517,665 ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 264,727 ha | 1.43 million ha | 1.16 million ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 758,053 ha | 1.65 million ha | 891,487 ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lentils, dry — area harvested, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 1.69 million ha against 1.04 million ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lentils, dry — area harvested between Australia and Canada?
- 656,000 ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 4th and Canada ranks 2nd of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lentils, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.