Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 4,981 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lentils, dry — area harvested in Italy is 4,981 ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is up 54.9% on the previous year and up 175.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Italy peaked at 21,866 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 940 ha, in 1998.
Italy ranks 24th of 59 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,050 ha | 8,211 ha | 21,866 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,338 ha | 1,705 ha | 6,479 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,228 ha | 1,057 ha | 1,508 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,060 ha | 940 ha | 1,230 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,612 ha | 1,016 ha | 2,206 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,930 ha | 1,948 ha | 4,981 ha | 8 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Italy?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Italy was 4,981 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 21,866 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 940 ha in 1998.
- How does Italy rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 24th out of 59 countries with data for 2017.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.