Lentils, dry — Area harvested in India
India: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 1.74 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in India, 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 India is 1.74 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in India peaked at 1.74 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 744,000 ha, in 1971.
That places India 1st out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 791,149 ha | — |
| 1962 | 770,915 ha | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 767,273 ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 785,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 840,100 ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 843,400 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 829,100 ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 751,700 ha | -9.3% |
| 1969 | 776,800 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 762,800 ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 744,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 800,100 ha | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 833,600 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 925,100 ha | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 952,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 936,600 ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 853,300 ha | -8.9% |
| 1978 | 880,700 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 1.02 million ha | +15.6% |
| 1980 | 848,800 ha | -16.6% |
| 1981 | 934,900 ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 945,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 996,400 ha | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 943,100 ha | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 982,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 1.09 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 1.09 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.04 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 1.08 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 1.11 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 1.19 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 1.19 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1.20 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 1.18 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 1.16 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 1.26 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 1.37 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 1.29 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 1.39 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 1.46 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 1.48 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.47 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.38 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 1.40 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 1.47 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 1.51 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.47 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 1.31 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 1.38 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 1.48 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 1.60 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 1.56 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.42 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 1.34 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 1.47 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 1.28 million ha | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 1.46 million ha | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 1.55 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 1.36 million ha | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 1.30 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 1.47 million ha | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 1.41 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 1.64 million ha | +15.9% |
| 2024 | 1.74 million ha | +6.5% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1.74 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,114 ha, 824.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 795,082 ha | 751,700 ha | 843,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 870,700 ha | 744,000 ha | 1.02 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 995,000 ha | 848,800 ha | 1.09 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.23 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.43 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.45 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Canada 1.69 million ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 242,195 ha compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 1.04 million ha compare
- 4 Australia 1.04 million ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 129,738 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in India?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in India was 1.74 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.74 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 744,000 ha in 1971.
- How does India rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.