Lentils, dry — Production in Africa
Africa: Lentils, dry — Production was 131,315 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 131,315 t for lentils, dry — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — production in Africa peaked at 240,232 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 55,756 t, in 1999.
Africa ranks 17th of 26 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 103,570 t | 83,723 t | 121,172 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 111,171 t | 72,621 t | 135,842 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 81,357 t | 57,575 t | 111,778 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,638 t | 55,756 t | 132,030 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,494 t | 68,694 t | 156,495 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 198,791 t | 121,133 t | 240,232 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 143,592 t | 111,130 t | 175,875 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — production in Africa?
- Lentils, dry — production in Africa was 131,315 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 240,232 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,756 t in 1999.
- How does Africa rank for lentils, dry — production?
- Africa ranks 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lentils, dry — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.