Lentils, dry — Production in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Lentils, dry — Production was 1.27 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
1.27 million t
Change on year
down 10.5%
World rank
3rd
of 59 countries
All-time high
1.84 million t
in 2022
All-time low
0 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Lentils, dry — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, lentils, dry — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 1.27 million t.

The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 420.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, lentils, dry — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1.84 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.

That places Australia and New Zealand 3rd out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Lentils, dry — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Lentils, dry — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 0 t
1962 0 t
1963 0 t
1964 0 t
1965 0 t
1966 0 t
1967 0 t
1968 0 t
1969 0 t
1970 0 t
1971 0 t
1972 0 t
1973 0 t
1974 0 t
1975 0 t
1976 0 t
1977 0 t
1978 0 t
1979 0 t
1980 0 t
1981 0 t
1982 0 t
1983 0 t
1984 0 t
1985 1,000 t
1986 2,000 t +100.0%
1987 3,000 t +50.0%
1988 5,000 t +66.7%
1989 9,000 t +80.0%
1990 9,065 t +0.7%
1991 6,055 t -33.2%
1992 6,520 t +7.7%
1993 6,262 t -4.0%
1994 5,520 t -11.8%
1995 18,500 t +235.1%
1996 29,947 t +61.9%
1997 33,158 t +10.7%
1998 40,000 t +20.6%
1999 116,361 t +190.9%
2000 139,245 t +19.7%
2001 154,480 t +10.9%
2002 68,000 t -56.0%
2003 107,113 t +57.5%
2004 55,602 t -48.1%
2005 297,716 t +435.4%
2006 33,345 t -88.8%
2007 131,847 t +295.4%
2008 66,097 t -49.9%
2009 144,445 t +118.5%
2010 383,459 t +165.5%
2011 292,573 t -23.7%
2012 187,565 t -35.9%
2013 256,298 t +36.6%
2014 243,278 t -5.1%
2015 183,585 t -24.5%
2016 682,140 t +271.6%
2017 544,378 t -20.2%
2018 361,048 t -33.7%
2019 527,490 t +46.1%
2020 855,298 t +62.1%
2021 1.00 million t +17.1%
2022 1.84 million t +84.1%
2023 1.41 million t -23.2%
2024 1.27 million t -10.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0 t 0 t 0 t 9
1970s 0 t 0 t 0 t 10
1980s 2,000 t 0 t 9,000 t 10
1990s 27,139 t 5,520 t 116,361 t 10
2000s 119,789 t 33,345 t 297,716 t 10
2010s 366,181 t 183,585 t 682,140 t 10
2020s 1.28 million t 855,298 t 1.84 million t 5

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 1 Canada 2.43 million t compare
  2. 2 India 1.79 million t compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 405,000 t compare
  4. 4 Australia 1.27 million t compare
  5. 5 Kazakhstan 455,960 t compare
  6. 6 Russian Federation 239,886 t compare

See the full ranking of 89 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Australia and New Zealand

All data for Australia and New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is lentils, dry — production in Australia and New Zealand?
Lentils, dry — production in Australia and New Zealand was 1.27 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest lentils, dry — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 1.84 million t in 2022.
What is the lowest lentils, dry — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for lentils, dry — production?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 3rd out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
Is lentils, dry — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 420.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lentils, dry — Production in Australia and New Zealand. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/lentils-dry-production/australia-and-new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/lentils-dry-production/australia-and-new-zealand/">Lentils, dry — Production in Australia and New Zealand</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Lentils, dry — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
89 places, 4,592 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.