Lentils, dry — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Lentils, dry — Production was 51 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Production in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 51 t for lentils, dry — production in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 99.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — production in Southern Europe peaked at 68,533 t in 1977 and was at its lowest, 50 t, in 2023.
That places Southern Europe 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lentils, dry — Production in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,556 t | — |
| 1962 | 56,848 t | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 56,476 t | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 46,712 t | -17.3% |
| 1965 | 43,373 t | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 59,928 t | +38.2% |
| 1967 | 61,280 t | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 49,859 t | -18.6% |
| 1969 | 52,197 t | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 45,006 t | -13.8% |
| 1971 | 52,341 t | +16.3% |
| 1972 | 55,287 t | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 48,991 t | -11.4% |
| 1974 | 60,702 t | +23.9% |
| 1975 | 64,371 t | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 42,756 t | -33.6% |
| 1977 | 68,533 t | +60.3% |
| 1978 | 65,712 t | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 53,261 t | -18.9% |
| 1980 | 64,813 t | +21.7% |
| 1981 | 31,751 t | -51.0% |
| 1982 | 37,584 t | +18.4% |
| 1983 | 44,699 t | +18.9% |
| 1984 | 50,379 t | +12.7% |
| 1985 | 51,945 t | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 44,264 t | -14.8% |
| 1987 | 57,868 t | +30.7% |
| 1988 | 50,543 t | -12.7% |
| 1989 | 34,099 t | -32.5% |
| 1990 | 29,322 t | -14.0% |
| 1991 | 23,576 t | -19.6% |
| 1992 | 13,588 t | -42.4% |
| 1993 | 21,297 t | +56.7% |
| 1994 | 18,824 t | -11.6% |
| 1995 | 7,937 t | -57.8% |
| 1996 | 29,356 t | +269.8% |
| 1997 | 18,834 t | -35.8% |
| 1998 | 17,838 t | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 10,842 t | -39.2% |
| 2000 | 23,970 t | +121.1% |
| 2001 | 21,174 t | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 24,480 t | +15.6% |
| 2003 | 22,962 t | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 30,349 t | +32.2% |
| 2005 | 27,882 t | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 15,388 t | -44.8% |
| 2007 | 18,553 t | +20.6% |
| 2008 | 17,206 t | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 17,188 t | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 28,540 t | +66.0% |
| 2011 | 26,935 t | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 23,471 t | -12.9% |
| 2013 | 27,794 t | +18.4% |
| 2014 | 27,076 t | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 34,996 t | +29.2% |
| 2016 | 45,094 t | +28.9% |
| 2017 | 42,000 t | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 107 t | -99.7% |
| 2019 | 98 t | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 80 t | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 66 t | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 83 t | +25.8% |
| 2023 | 50 t | -39.8% |
| 2024 | 51 t | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,692 t | 43,373 t | 61,280 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,696 t | 42,756 t | 68,533 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,794 t | 31,751 t | 64,813 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,141 t | 7,937 t | 29,356 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,915 t | 15,388 t | 30,349 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,611 t | 98 t | 45,094 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 66 t | 50 t | 83 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — production in Southern Europe?
- Lentils, dry — production in Southern Europe was 51 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 68,533 t in 1977.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 t in 2023.
- How does Southern Europe rank for lentils, dry — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.