Mexico vs South America: Lentils, dry — Area harvested
Lentils, dry — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 28,635 ha against 6,980 ha in Mexico, a difference of 21,655 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 4.1 times Mexico's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 22nd and South America ranks 20th of 59 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,763 ha | 64,634 ha | 58,871 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 8,540 ha | 69,809 ha | 61,269 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 12,995 ha | 74,295 ha | 61,300 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 10,203 ha | 43,352 ha | 33,149 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 7,160 ha | 15,014 ha | 7,853 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 6,669 ha | 32,311 ha | 25,642 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 8,055 ha | 39,025 ha | 30,970 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lentils, dry — area harvested, Mexico or South America?
- South America, at 28,635 ha against 6,980 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lentils, dry — area harvested between Mexico and South America?
- 21,655 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and South America rank globally for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 22nd 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.