Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Central Asia
Central Asia: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 352,381 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central Asia recorded 352,381 ha for lentils, dry — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 55.3% on the previous year and up 3,736.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Central Asia peaked at 352,381 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,818 ha, in 2009.
That places Central Asia 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 27,469 ha | — |
| 1993 | 27,391 ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 27,758 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 27,470 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 27,111 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 27,207 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 27,088 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 26,448 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 26,036 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 26,399 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 26,228 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 26,144 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 26,100 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 25,918 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 26,093 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 27,899 ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 15,472 ha | -44.5% |
| 2009 | 1,818 ha | -88.2% |
| 2010 | 3,485 ha | +91.7% |
| 2011 | 7,649 ha | +119.5% |
| 2012 | 6,090 ha | -20.4% |
| 2013 | 7,377 ha | +21.1% |
| 2014 | 9,185 ha | +24.5% |
| 2015 | 39,887 ha | +334.3% |
| 2016 | 105,671 ha | +164.9% |
| 2017 | 332,290 ha | +214.5% |
| 2018 | 296,269 ha | -10.8% |
| 2019 | 103,526 ha | -65.1% |
| 2020 | 62,947 ha | -39.2% |
| 2021 | 73,771 ha | +17.2% |
| 2022 | 144,929 ha | +96.5% |
| 2023 | 226,840 ha | +56.5% |
| 2024 | 352,381 ha | +55.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Central Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +334.3% | 9,185 ha | 39,887 ha |
| 2017 | +214.5% | 105,671 ha | 332,290 ha |
| 2016 | +164.9% | 39,887 ha | 105,671 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27,243 ha | 26,448 ha | 27,758 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 22,811 ha | 1,818 ha | 27,899 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,143 ha | 3,485 ha | 332,290 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 172,174 ha | 62,947 ha | 352,381 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 6 Russian Federation 236,771 ha compare
- 7 Nepal 145,984 ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 124,892 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 77,009 ha compare
- 10 China 65,114 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 65,114 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 48,100 ha
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 5.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2181 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value -0.7329 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Central Asia?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Central Asia was 352,381 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 352,381 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,818 ha in 2009.
- How does Central Asia rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,736.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.