India vs Northern America: Lentils, dry — Area harvested
Lentils, dry — Area harvested over time
- India
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 2.06 million ha against 1.74 million ha in India, a difference of 315,570 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.2 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
India ranks 1st and Northern America ranks 4th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 5 and Northern America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 795,082 ha | 24,156 ha | 770,926 ha | India |
| 1970s | 870,700 ha | 46,362 ha | 824,338 ha | India |
| 1980s | 995,000 ha | 150,556 ha | 844,444 ha | India |
| 1990s | 1.23 million ha | 377,954 ha | 855,396 ha | India |
| 2000s | 1.43 million ha | 771,747 ha | 660,783 ha | India |
| 2010s | 1.45 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 203,452 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 1.51 million ha | 1.90 million ha | 390,564 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lentils, dry — area harvested, India or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 2.06 million ha against 1.74 million ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lentils, dry — area harvested between India and Northern America?
- 315,570 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Northern America rank globally for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st and Northern America ranks 4th 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.