Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 333,909 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lentils, dry — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 333,909 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 495,666 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 203,363 ha, in 1985.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 11th of 24 groups on this measure, 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 206,153 ha | — |
| 1962 | 234,700 ha | +13.8% |
| 1963 | 232,695 ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 250,489 ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 257,243 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 225,151 ha | -12.5% |
| 1967 | 246,600 ha | +9.5% |
| 1968 | 271,912 ha | +10.3% |
| 1969 | 286,055 ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 319,111 ha | +11.6% |
| 1971 | 297,250 ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 307,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 296,681 ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 288,011 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 301,989 ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 285,674 ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 332,037 ha | +16.2% |
| 1978 | 291,826 ha | -12.1% |
| 1979 | 244,886 ha | -16.1% |
| 1980 | 226,381 ha | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 225,711 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 231,442 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 242,668 ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 211,140 ha | -13.0% |
| 1985 | 203,363 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 216,534 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 244,503 ha | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 318,113 ha | +30.1% |
| 1989 | 355,381 ha | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 303,005 ha | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 258,336 ha | -14.7% |
| 1992 | 277,613 ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 343,894 ha | +23.9% |
| 1994 | 364,361 ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 359,194 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 400,530 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 347,708 ha | -13.2% |
| 1998 | 389,848 ha | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 403,666 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 390,718 ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 425,630 ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 374,711 ha | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 387,158 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 392,291 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 424,759 ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 436,886 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 455,673 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 451,619 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 409,695 ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 417,041 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 476,942 ha | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 484,255 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 468,779 ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 436,449 ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 420,834 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 459,196 ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 495,666 ha | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 470,220 ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 466,736 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 450,951 ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 429,330 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 381,316 ha | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 357,903 ha | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 333,909 ha | -6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245,666 ha | 206,153 ha | 286,055 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 296,516 ha | 244,886 ha | 332,037 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 247,524 ha | 203,363 ha | 355,381 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 344,816 ha | 258,336 ha | 403,666 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 414,914 ha | 374,711 ha | 455,673 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 459,612 ha | 417,041 ha | 495,666 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 390,682 ha | 333,909 ha | 450,951 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 8 Bangladesh 124,892 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 77,009 ha compare
- 10 China 65,114 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 65,114 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 48,100 ha compare
- 13 USSR 44,500 ha compare
- 14 Spain 36,504 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 333,909 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 495,666 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 203,363 ha in 1985.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.