Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 1.04 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lentils, dry — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand is 1.04 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 28.9% on the previous year and up 447.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1.04 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 3rd of 59 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +166.7% |
| 1989 | 5,500 ha | +37.5% |
| 1990 | 6,395 ha | +16.3% |
| 1991 | 3,030 ha | -52.6% |
| 1992 | 3,931 ha | +29.7% |
| 1993 | 3,825 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 7,003 ha | +83.1% |
| 1995 | 7,903 ha | +12.9% |
| 1996 | 14,382 ha | +82.0% |
| 1997 | 42,640 ha | +196.5% |
| 1998 | 66,500 ha | +56.0% |
| 1999 | 75,500 ha | +13.5% |
| 2000 | 101,892 ha | +35.0% |
| 2001 | 113,545 ha | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 165,500 ha | +45.8% |
| 2003 | 84,867 ha | -48.7% |
| 2004 | 129,416 ha | +52.5% |
| 2005 | 179,670 ha | +38.8% |
| 2006 | 208,274 ha | +15.9% |
| 2007 | 130,420 ha | -37.4% |
| 2008 | 117,793 ha | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 104,632 ha | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 220,165 ha | +110.4% |
| 2011 | 174,596 ha | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 166,567 ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 170,479 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 189,496 ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 225,716 ha | +19.1% |
| 2016 | 276,330 ha | +22.4% |
| 2017 | 419,145 ha | +51.7% |
| 2018 | 400,802 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 413,044 ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 501,544 ha | +21.4% |
| 2021 | 575,879 ha | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 873,935 ha | +51.8% |
| 2023 | 804,805 ha | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 1.04 million ha | +28.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,250 ha | 0 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,111 ha | 3,030 ha | 75,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,601 ha | 84,867 ha | 208,274 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 265,634 ha | 166,567 ha | 419,145 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 758,729 ha | 501,544 ha | 1.04 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 1 India 1.74 million ha compare
- 2 Canada 1.69 million ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 242,195 ha compare
- 4 Australia 1.04 million ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 129,738 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 350,728 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 89,150 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 236,771 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 1.04 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 3rd out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 447.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lentils, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.