Lentils, dry — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Lentils, dry — Production was 19,121 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lentils, dry — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 19,121 t for lentils, dry — production in 2024.
The figure is down 10.3% on the previous year and down 49.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — production in Northern Africa peaked at 89,354 t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 6,678 t, in 2000.
That places Northern Africa 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47,423 t | — |
| 1962 | 74,886 t | +57.9% |
| 1963 | 68,035 t | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 68,235 t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 78,872 t | +15.6% |
| 1966 | 55,541 t | -29.6% |
| 1967 | 43,358 t | -21.9% |
| 1968 | 66,496 t | +53.4% |
| 1969 | 56,280 t | -15.4% |
| 1970 | 55,225 t | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 72,970 t | +32.1% |
| 1972 | 80,766 t | +10.7% |
| 1973 | 80,442 t | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 84,596 t | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 82,143 t | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 89,354 t | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 38,778 t | -56.6% |
| 1978 | 46,419 t | +19.7% |
| 1979 | 27,946 t | -39.8% |
| 1980 | 26,533 t | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 13,163 t | -50.4% |
| 1982 | 33,678 t | +155.9% |
| 1983 | 41,350 t | +22.8% |
| 1984 | 37,702 t | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 62,186 t | +64.9% |
| 1986 | 85,307 t | +37.2% |
| 1987 | 56,730 t | -33.5% |
| 1988 | 67,864 t | +19.6% |
| 1989 | 39,696 t | -41.5% |
| 1990 | 48,063 t | +21.1% |
| 1991 | 65,200 t | +35.7% |
| 1992 | 30,902 t | -52.6% |
| 1993 | 25,391 t | -17.8% |
| 1994 | 45,688 t | +79.9% |
| 1995 | 14,779 t | -67.7% |
| 1996 | 45,912 t | +210.7% |
| 1997 | 33,752 t | -26.5% |
| 1998 | 33,272 t | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 17,792 t | -46.5% |
| 2000 | 6,678 t | -62.5% |
| 2001 | 17,714 t | +165.3% |
| 2002 | 45,984 t | +159.6% |
| 2003 | 37,404 t | -18.7% |
| 2004 | 36,636 t | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 17,457 t | -52.4% |
| 2006 | 36,988 t | +111.9% |
| 2007 | 11,801 t | -68.1% |
| 2008 | 12,902 t | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 27,857 t | +115.9% |
| 2010 | 35,488 t | +27.4% |
| 2011 | 56,722 t | +59.8% |
| 2012 | 29,805 t | -47.5% |
| 2013 | 51,689 t | +73.4% |
| 2014 | 37,605 t | -27.2% |
| 2015 | 56,979 t | +51.5% |
| 2016 | 16,362 t | -71.3% |
| 2017 | 51,120 t | +212.4% |
| 2018 | 64,625 t | +26.4% |
| 2019 | 66,822 t | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 24,291 t | -63.6% |
| 2021 | 51,870 t | +113.5% |
| 2022 | 17,283 t | -66.7% |
| 2023 | 21,319 t | +23.4% |
| 2024 | 19,121 t | -10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62,125 t | 43,358 t | 78,872 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,864 t | 27,946 t | 89,354 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,421 t | 13,163 t | 85,307 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,075 t | 14,779 t | 65,200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,142 t | 6,678 t | 45,984 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,722 t | 16,362 t | 66,822 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,777 t | 17,283 t | 51,870 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — production in Northern Africa?
- Lentils, dry — production in Northern Africa was 19,121 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 89,354 t in 1976.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,678 t in 2000.
- How does Northern Africa rank for lentils, dry — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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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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.