Lentils, dry — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Lentils, dry — Production is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 2.43 million t in Canada; the lowest is 0 t in Romania.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,771 t, and the mean is 143,911 t.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 14,711.1%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).
Lentils, dry — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 2.43 million t | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 1.79 million t | 2024 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 420.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 422.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 455,960 t | 2024 | up 5,732.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Türkiye | 405,000 t | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 239,886 t | 2024 | up 1,087.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 184,819 t | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 9 | China | 167,596 t | 2024 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 9 | China, mainland | 167,596 t | 2024 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Nepal | 152,936 t | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 105,568 t | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 89,354 t | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 78,311 t | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 15 | France | 39,994 t | 2017 | up 307.1% | volatile |
| 16 | USSR | 35,000 t | 1991 | up 775.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Ethiopia PDR | 27,854 t | 1992 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 18 | Ukraine | 26,660 t | 2024 | up 14,711.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Spain | 24,357 t | 2017 | up 68.0% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 16,283 t | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Greece | 13,838 t | 2017 | up 443.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Yemen | 12,379 t | 2024 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Algeria | 10,055 t | 2024 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Mexico | 8,114 t | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Morocco | 6,909 t | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 5,920 t | 2017 | up 293.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Pakistan | 4,719 t | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 28 | Italy | 3,663 t | 2017 | up 176.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Peru | 3,522 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 30 | Czechoslovakia | 3,087 t | 1992 | up 390.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Ecuador | 2,789 t | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 1,771 t | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Tunisia | 1,750 t | 2024 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 34 | New Zealand | 1,666 t | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Lebanon | 1,500 t | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 1,286 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Malawi | 1,238 t | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 38 | Yugoslav SFR | 1,087 t | 1991 | up 171.8% | falling |
| 39 | Caribbean | 1,066 t | 2006 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 39 | Martinique | 1,066 t | 2006 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 1,058 t | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 1,006 t | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 43 | Madagascar | 876.3 t | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 44 | Palestine | 784.24 t | 2022 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 45 | Myanmar | 665.49 t | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 617.84 t | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Slovakia | 597 t | 2017 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Jordan | 475.8 t | 2024 | up 221.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Egypt | 407.08 t | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Chile | 268.47 t | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Armenia | 249.1 t | 2024 | up 189.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Eritrea | 140.83 t | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 51 t | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 54 | Croatia | 46.4 t | 2017 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 55 | Israel | 25 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 20 t | 2017 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Cyprus | 10 t | 2017 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Czechia | 3.14 t | 2006 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Iraq | 3 t | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Bhutan | 2.26 t | 2024 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Germany | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Libya | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Romania | 0 t | 1987 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 7.89 million t
- Asia 3.35 million t
- Americas 2.87 million t
- Northern America 2.84 million t
- Southern Asia 2.21 million t
- Oceania 1.27 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 718,687 t
- Western Asia 510,236 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 480,778 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 461,222 t
- Central Asia 458,025 t
- United States of America 410,460 t
About this data
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.