Australia vs Europe: Lentils, dry — Area harvested
Lentils, dry — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Europe
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.04 million ha against 254,530 ha in Europe, a difference of 782,270 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 4.1 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 37 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Europe ahead.
Australia ranks 4th and Europe ranks 12th of 59 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,500 ha | 141,834 ha | 139,334 ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 21,421 ha | 62,052 ha | 40,631 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 132,675 ha | 48,114 ha | 84,561 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 264,727 ha | 129,806 ha | 134,921 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 758,053 ha | 191,227 ha | 566,826 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lentils, dry — area harvested, Australia or Europe?
- Australia, at 1.04 million ha against 254,530 ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lentils, dry — area harvested between Australia and Europe?
- 782,270 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Europe?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Europe rank globally for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 4th and Europe ranks 12th 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.