Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 83,370 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 83,370 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 142,475 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 38,630 ha, in 1985.
That places Eastern Africa 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 83,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 85,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 87,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 90,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 90,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 93,600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 95,600 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 97,600 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 100,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 105,750 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 110,600 ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 120,600 ha | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 116,600 ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 116,145 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 49,195 ha | -57.6% |
| 1977 | 60,700 ha | +23.4% |
| 1978 | 60,710 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 60,255 ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 43,570 ha | -27.7% |
| 1981 | 54,002 ha | +23.9% |
| 1982 | 71,175 ha | +31.8% |
| 1983 | 56,190 ha | -21.1% |
| 1984 | 45,640 ha | -18.8% |
| 1985 | 38,630 ha | -15.4% |
| 1986 | 45,860 ha | +18.7% |
| 1987 | 47,790 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 68,880 ha | +44.1% |
| 1989 | 38,850 ha | -43.6% |
| 1990 | 41,359 ha | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 48,570 ha | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 57,173 ha | +17.7% |
| 1993 | 62,810 ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 62,420 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 72,897 ha | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 90,874 ha | +24.7% |
| 1997 | 57,626 ha | -36.6% |
| 1998 | 72,949 ha | +26.6% |
| 1999 | 73,501 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 79,705 ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 99,398 ha | +24.7% |
| 2002 | 65,553 ha | -34.0% |
| 2003 | 57,437 ha | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 58,197 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 83,618 ha | +43.7% |
| 2006 | 91,158 ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 103,216 ha | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 113,505 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 113,557 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 84,961 ha | -25.2% |
| 2011 | 116,895 ha | +37.6% |
| 2012 | 132,514 ha | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 134,592 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 106,421 ha | -20.9% |
| 2015 | 107,094 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 118,809 ha | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 142,475 ha | +19.9% |
| 2018 | 135,204 ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 133,186 ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 113,672 ha | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 104,139 ha | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 89,451 ha | -14.1% |
| 2023 | 87,886 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 83,370 ha | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,422 ha | 80,500 ha | 97,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90,116 ha | 49,195 ha | 120,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,059 ha | 38,630 ha | 71,175 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,018 ha | 41,359 ha | 90,874 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 86,534 ha | 57,437 ha | 113,557 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 121,215 ha | 84,961 ha | 142,475 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,704 ha | 83,370 ha | 113,672 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 83,370 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 142,475 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,630 ha in 1985.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.