Lentils, dry — Yield in Africa
Africa: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,072 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lentils, dry — yield in Africa is 1,072 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Africa peaked at 1,305 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 461.1 kg/ha, in 1999.
Africa ranks 15th of 24 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.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 558.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 713.1 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1963 | 697.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 674.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 731.5 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 620.2 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1967 | 594.1 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 676.1 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1969 | 568.8 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1970 | 559.4 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 674.5 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1972 | 661.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 675.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 660.9 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 629.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 772.3 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1977 | 610 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1978 | 611.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 609.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 550.5 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1981 | 684.8 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1982 | 679 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 554.6 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1984 | 461.2 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1985 | 549.2 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1986 | 762.7 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1987 | 538.2 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1988 | 665.8 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1989 | 611.4 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 721.4 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1991 | 1,220 kg/ha | +69.2% |
| 1992 | 590.1 kg/ha | -51.6% |
| 1993 | 569.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 715.5 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1995 | 502.2 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1996 | 604.7 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1997 | 623.3 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 543.1 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1999 | 461.1 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2000 | 550 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2001 | 586.1 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 669.6 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2003 | 658.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 655.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 566.3 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 678.7 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2007 | 690.8 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 722 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 1,014 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 2010 | 914.7 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 996.8 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 979 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,098 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 1,120 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,305 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2016 | 1,294 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,154 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 1,093 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 1,127 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 925.3 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2021 | 1,109 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2022 | 813.5 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2023 | 1,007 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2024 | 1,072 kg/ha | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 648.17 kg/ha | 558.2 kg/ha | 731.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 646.41 kg/ha | 559.4 kg/ha | 772.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 605.74 kg/ha | 461.2 kg/ha | 762.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 655.12 kg/ha | 461.1 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 679.24 kg/ha | 550 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,108 kg/ha | 914.7 kg/ha | 1,305 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 985.38 kg/ha | 813.5 kg/ha | 1,109 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Africa?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Africa was 1,072 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,305 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 461.1 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Africa rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Africa ranks 15th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.