Lentils, dry — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,221 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lentils, dry — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lentils, dry — yield in Australia and New Zealand stood at 1,221 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.5% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 2,469 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 160.1 kg/ha, in 2006.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 18th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,250 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1989 | 1,636 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1990 | 1,418 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 1,998 kg/ha | +41.0% |
| 1992 | 1,659 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1993 | 1,637 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 788.2 kg/ha | -51.9% |
| 1995 | 2,341 kg/ha | +197.0% |
| 1996 | 2,082 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1997 | 777.6 kg/ha | -62.7% |
| 1998 | 601.5 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1999 | 1,541 kg/ha | +156.2% |
| 2000 | 1,367 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 1,360 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 410.9 kg/ha | -69.8% |
| 2003 | 1,262 kg/ha | +207.2% |
| 2004 | 429.6 kg/ha | -66.0% |
| 2005 | 1,657 kg/ha | +285.7% |
| 2006 | 160.1 kg/ha | -90.3% |
| 2007 | 1,011 kg/ha | +531.4% |
| 2008 | 561.1 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 2009 | 1,380 kg/ha | +146.0% |
| 2010 | 1,742 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2011 | 1,676 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 1,126 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2013 | 1,503 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2014 | 1,284 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 813.3 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 2016 | 2,469 kg/ha | +203.5% |
| 2017 | 1,299 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 2018 | 900.8 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2019 | 1,277 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2020 | 1,705 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2021 | 1,738 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,109 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2023 | 1,758 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2024 | 1,221 kg/ha | -30.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,777 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,484 kg/ha | 601.5 kg/ha | 2,341 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 959.93 kg/ha | 160.1 kg/ha | 1,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,409 kg/ha | 813.3 kg/ha | 2,469 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,706 kg/ha | 1,221 kg/ha | 2,109 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 1,221 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2,469 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 160.1 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 18th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.