China vs Western Asia: Lentils, dry — Area harvested
Lentils, dry — Area harvested over time
- China
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 345,859 ha against 65,114 ha in China, a difference of 280,745 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 5.3 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 10th and Western Asia ranks 10th of 59 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 219,285 ha | 219,285 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 289,751 ha | 289,751 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 23,700 ha | 747,384 ha | 723,684 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 76,681 ha | 805,201 ha | 728,520 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 82,700 ha | 545,171 ha | 462,471 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 64,437 ha | 386,996 ha | 322,559 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 65,381 ha | 399,709 ha | 334,327 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lentils, dry — area harvested, China or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 345,859 ha against 65,114 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lentils, dry — area harvested between China and Western Asia?
- 280,745 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Asia rank globally for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- China ranks 10th and Western Asia ranks 10th 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.