Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 1.04 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Australia, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1.04 million ha for lentils, dry — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.9% on the previous year and up 448.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Australia peaked at 1.04 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 293 ha, in 1991.
That places Australia 4th out of 63 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,500 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 21,421 ha | 293 ha | 75,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 132,675 ha | 83,063 ha | 207,474 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 264,727 ha | 165,400 ha | 418,495 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 758,053 ha | 500,872 ha | 1.04 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 1 India 1.74 million ha compare
- 2 Canada 1.69 million ha compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 1.04 million ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 350,728 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 242,195 ha compare
- 7 Russian Federation 236,771 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Australia?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Australia 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 293 ha in 1991.
- How does Australia rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 4th out of 63 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 448.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.