Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 65,114 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 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 Asia is 65,114 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 115,000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 17th of 24 groups on this measure, 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 Eastern Asia, 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 | 25,000 ha | — |
| 1985 | 30,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 35,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 45,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1988 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 55,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1990 | 45,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 44,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 66,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 55,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 95,000 ha | +72.7% |
| 1995 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 84,814 ha | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 88,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 94,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 100,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 115,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 2002 | 110,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 90,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2004 | 69,000 ha | -23.3% |
| 2005 | 79,500 ha | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 68,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 2007 | 65,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 68,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 62,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 62,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 60,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 67,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 65,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 60,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 65,410 ha | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 67,780 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 69,593 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 67,088 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 65,723 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 65,600 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 65,319 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 65,151 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 65,114 ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Eastern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +72.7% | 55,000 ha | 95,000 ha |
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 | 23,700 ha | 0 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,681 ha | 44,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 82,700 ha | 62,000 ha | 115,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,437 ha | 60,000 ha | 69,593 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,381 ha | 65,114 ha | 65,723 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 65,114 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 115,000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 17th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern 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.