Eastern Africa vs France: Lentils, dry — Area harvested
Lentils, dry — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- France
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 83,370 ha against 31,045 ha in France, a difference of 52,325 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.7 times France's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 16th and France ranks 15th of 24 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,422 ha | 10,905 ha | 78,517 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 90,116 ha | 9,810 ha | 80,306 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 51,059 ha | 7,688 ha | 43,371 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 64,018 ha | 4,315 ha | 59,703 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 86,534 ha | 7,711 ha | 78,823 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 117,970 ha | 17,157 ha | 100,814 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lentils, dry — area harvested, Eastern Africa or France?
- Eastern Africa, at 83,370 ha against 31,045 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lentils, dry — area harvested between Eastern Africa and France?
- 52,325 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and France?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Eastern Africa and France rank globally for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 16th and France ranks 15th of 24 groups.
- 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.