Lentils, dry — Yield in Australia
Australia: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,220 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Australia, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lentils, dry — yield in Australia is 1,220 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.6% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Australia peaked at 2,469 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 153.5 kg/ha, in 2006.
Australia ranks 19th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1989 | 1,333 kg/ha | +166.7% |
| 1990 | 750 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1991 | 1,618 kg/ha | +115.7% |
| 1992 | 1,086 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1993 | 1,269 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1994 | 388.2 kg/ha | -69.4% |
| 1995 | 2,384 kg/ha | +514.0% |
| 1996 | 2,060 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 749.2 kg/ha | -63.6% |
| 1998 | 590.9 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1999 | 1,538 kg/ha | +160.3% |
| 2000 | 1,364 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2001 | 1,358 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 406.1 kg/ha | -70.1% |
| 2003 | 1,250 kg/ha | +207.8% |
| 2004 | 409.8 kg/ha | -67.2% |
| 2005 | 1,655 kg/ha | +303.9% |
| 2006 | 153.5 kg/ha | -90.7% |
| 2007 | 1,008 kg/ha | +556.5% |
| 2008 | 549 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 2009 | 1,375 kg/ha | +150.5% |
| 2010 | 1,736 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2011 | 1,666 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 1,117 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 2013 | 1,499 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2014 | 1,281 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 807.5 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2016 | 2,469 kg/ha | +205.7% |
| 2017 | 1,297 kg/ha | -47.5% |
| 2018 | 898.1 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 2019 | 1,275 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 2020 | 1,704 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 2021 | 1,738 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 2,108 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2023 | 1,757 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2024 | 1,220 kg/ha | -30.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,220 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,124 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — Yield in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +556.5% | 153.5 kg/ha | 1,008 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +514.0% | 388.2 kg/ha | 2,384 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 916.65 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 1,243 kg/ha | 388.2 kg/ha | 2,384 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 952.74 kg/ha | 153.5 kg/ha | 1,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,405 kg/ha | 807.5 kg/ha | 2,469 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,706 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 2,108 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Australia?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Australia was 1,220 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,469 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 153.5 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Australia rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Australia ranks 19th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.