Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 31,045 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 31,045 ha for lentils, dry — area harvested in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
That represents a change of up 76.6% on the previous year and up 282.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 31,045 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,216 ha, in 1988.
That places Western Europe 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,812 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,509 ha | -10.2% |
| 1963 | 10,841 ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 9,813 ha | -9.5% |
| 1965 | 13,186 ha | +34.4% |
| 1966 | 16,767 ha | +27.2% |
| 1967 | 9,420 ha | -43.8% |
| 1968 | 7,298 ha | -22.5% |
| 1969 | 6,641 ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 10,043 ha | +51.2% |
| 1971 | 11,189 ha | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 8,050 ha | -28.1% |
| 1973 | 5,973 ha | -25.8% |
| 1974 | 5,781 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 11,203 ha | +93.8% |
| 1976 | 11,316 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 12,872 ha | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 10,516 ha | -18.3% |
| 1979 | 11,318 ha | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 8,495 ha | -24.9% |
| 1981 | 6,716 ha | -20.9% |
| 1982 | 6,716 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,016 ha | +49.1% |
| 1984 | 10,016 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,816 ha | -22.0% |
| 1986 | 11,217 ha | +43.5% |
| 1987 | 8,617 ha | -23.2% |
| 1988 | 3,216 ha | -62.7% |
| 1989 | 4,219 ha | +31.2% |
| 1990 | 3,769 ha | -10.7% |
| 1991 | 3,480 ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 3,614 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 3,610 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 4,182 ha | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 4,405 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 4,697 ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 4,447 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 4,893 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 6,076 ha | +24.2% |
| 2000 | 6,943 ha | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 4,444 ha | -36.0% |
| 2002 | 5,312 ha | +19.5% |
| 2003 | 7,435 ha | +40.0% |
| 2004 | 8,358 ha | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 9,839 ha | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 10,798 ha | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 8,127 ha | -24.7% |
| 2008 | 6,902 ha | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 8,952 ha | +29.7% |
| 2010 | 12,994 ha | +45.2% |
| 2011 | 13,887 ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 15,065 ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 14,093 ha | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 16,176 ha | +14.8% |
| 2015 | 16,415 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 17,578 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 31,045 ha | +76.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,921 ha | 6,641 ha | 16,767 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,826 ha | 5,781 ha | 12,872 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,704 ha | 3,216 ha | 11,217 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,317 ha | 3,480 ha | 6,076 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,711 ha | 4,444 ha | 10,798 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,157 ha | 12,994 ha | 31,045 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Western Europe was 31,045 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 31,045 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,216 ha in 1988.
- How does Western Europe rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2017.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 282.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.