Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 254,471 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 254,471 ha for lentils, dry — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.7% on the previous year and up 862.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Europe peaked at 272,385 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7,168 ha, in 1995.
Eastern Europe ranks 13th 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,096 ha | — |
| 1962 | 44,181 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 47,847 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 50,201 ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 55,748 ha | +11.0% |
| 1966 | 58,790 ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 64,148 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 65,378 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 63,697 ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 62,824 ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 64,579 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 68,344 ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 74,175 ha | +8.5% |
| 1974 | 55,895 ha | -24.6% |
| 1975 | 53,809 ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 38,025 ha | -29.3% |
| 1977 | 17,425 ha | -54.2% |
| 1978 | 22,795 ha | +30.8% |
| 1979 | 15,089 ha | -33.8% |
| 1980 | 11,126 ha | -26.3% |
| 1981 | 19,385 ha | +74.2% |
| 1982 | 26,721 ha | +37.8% |
| 1983 | 32,090 ha | +20.1% |
| 1984 | 47,173 ha | +47.0% |
| 1985 | 57,233 ha | +21.3% |
| 1986 | 66,566 ha | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 75,028 ha | +12.7% |
| 1988 | 84,240 ha | +12.3% |
| 1989 | 71,387 ha | -15.3% |
| 1990 | 84,746 ha | +18.7% |
| 1991 | 51,412 ha | -39.3% |
| 1992 | 15,580 ha | -69.7% |
| 1993 | 12,131 ha | -22.1% |
| 1994 | 8,197 ha | -32.4% |
| 1995 | 7,168 ha | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 10,462 ha | +46.0% |
| 1997 | 9,791 ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 8,579 ha | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 8,589 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 9,343 ha | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 8,419 ha | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 12,379 ha | +47.0% |
| 2003 | 18,851 ha | +52.3% |
| 2004 | 13,823 ha | -26.7% |
| 2005 | 10,260 ha | -25.8% |
| 2006 | 12,849 ha | +25.2% |
| 2007 | 7,546 ha | -41.3% |
| 2008 | 8,605 ha | +14.0% |
| 2009 | 12,702 ha | +47.6% |
| 2010 | 14,628 ha | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 33,086 ha | +126.2% |
| 2012 | 47,145 ha | +42.5% |
| 2013 | 25,781 ha | -45.3% |
| 2014 | 26,444 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 33,700 ha | +27.4% |
| 2016 | 66,938 ha | +98.6% |
| 2017 | 176,815 ha | +164.1% |
| 2018 | 272,385 ha | +54.1% |
| 2019 | 137,087 ha | -49.7% |
| 2020 | 131,683 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 166,606 ha | +26.5% |
| 2022 | 219,665 ha | +31.8% |
| 2023 | 183,407 ha | -16.5% |
| 2024 | 254,471 ha | +38.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,898 ha | 44,096 ha | 65,378 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,296 ha | 15,089 ha | 74,175 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,095 ha | 11,126 ha | 84,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,666 ha | 7,168 ha | 84,746 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,478 ha | 7,546 ha | 18,851 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,401 ha | 14,628 ha | 272,385 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 191,166 ha | 131,683 ha | 254,471 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Europe?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Eastern Europe was 254,471 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 272,385 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,168 ha in 1995.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 862.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.