Greece vs South America: Lentils, dry — Area harvested
Lentils, dry — Area harvested over time
- Greece
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 28,635 ha against 12,307 ha in Greece, a difference of 16,328 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.3 times Greece's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 19th and South America ranks 20th of 59 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,458 ha | 64,634 ha | 51,176 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 5,770 ha | 69,809 ha | 64,039 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 3,396 ha | 74,295 ha | 70,899 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 823.3 ha | 43,352 ha | 42,529 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 1,611 ha | 15,014 ha | 13,403 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 6,594 ha | 30,395 ha | 23,801 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lentils, dry — area harvested, Greece or South America?
- South America, at 28,635 ha against 12,307 ha in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lentils, dry — area harvested between Greece and South America?
- 16,328 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and South America?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Greece and South America rank globally for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 19th and South America ranks 20th 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.