Lentils, dry — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,020 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Argentina, 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 Argentina is 1,020 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 135.5% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Argentina peaked at 2,125 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 413.4 kg/ha, in 1970.
Argentina ranks 29th of 59 countries 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 Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 469.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 733.4 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 1963 | 821.7 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1964 | 763.4 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 992.5 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1966 | 944.3 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 552.6 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1968 | 427.2 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1969 | 636.5 kg/ha | +49.0% |
| 1970 | 413.4 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1971 | 563.1 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1972 | 474.6 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1973 | 687.2 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1974 | 829.3 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1975 | 1,588 kg/ha | +91.5% |
| 1976 | 1,801 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 1,442 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1978 | 736.1 kg/ha | -49.0% |
| 1979 | 568.8 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1980 | 730.4 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1981 | 606.3 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1982 | 992.9 kg/ha | +63.8% |
| 1983 | 887.5 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 657.1 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1985 | 741.9 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1986 | 1,071 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 1987 | 1,617 kg/ha | +51.0% |
| 1988 | 1,676 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 887.6 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 1990 | 929.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 955.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 960 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 1,046 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 1,860 kg/ha | +77.9% |
| 1995 | 1,333 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1996 | 2,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1997 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,125 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 1,817 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2001 | 600 kg/ha | -67.0% |
| 2002 | 1,500 kg/ha | +150.0% |
| 2003 | 1,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,344 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 1,353 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,353 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,409 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1,389 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 1,395 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,394 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,393 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,390 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,308 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 1,158 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 1,062 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 1,056 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 540.3 kg/ha | -48.8% |
| 2020 | 1,048 kg/ha | +93.9% |
| 2021 | 716.4 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2022 | 1,788 kg/ha | +149.5% |
| 2023 | 433 kg/ha | -75.8% |
| 2024 | 1,020 kg/ha | +135.5% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 1,020 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,116 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 1,020 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 815.75 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 704.56 kg/ha | 427.2 kg/ha | 992.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 910.34 kg/ha | 413.4 kg/ha | 1,801 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 986.76 kg/ha | 606.3 kg/ha | 1,676 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,521 kg/ha | 929.4 kg/ha | 2,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,438 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1,817 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,209 kg/ha | 540.3 kg/ha | 1,395 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,001 kg/ha | 433 kg/ha | 1,788 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 26 Jordan 1,116 kg/ha compare
- 27 Nepal 1,048 kg/ha compare
- 28 India 1,028 kg/ha compare
- 30 Russian Federation 1,013 kg/ha compare
- 31 Uzbekistan 973.2 kg/ha compare
- 32 Czechoslovakia 962.3 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Argentina?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Argentina was 1,020 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 2,125 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 413.4 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Argentina rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Argentina ranks 29th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.