Lentils, dry — Yield in Canada
Canada: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,436 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Canada, 1973–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lentils, dry — yield in Canada stood at 1,436 kg/ha.
The figure is up 16.5% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Canada peaked at 2,074 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 432.5 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Canada 12th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 714.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1974 | 750 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 763.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 792 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 816.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 803.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 569.8 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1981 | 1,092 kg/ha | +91.7% |
| 1982 | 1,274 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1983 | 1,203 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 612.6 kg/ha | -49.1% |
| 1985 | 851.6 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1986 | 1,304 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 1987 | 1,315 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 432.5 kg/ha | -67.1% |
| 1989 | 933.1 kg/ha | +115.7% |
| 1990 | 1,596 kg/ha | +71.0% |
| 1991 | 1,439 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 1,307 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 1,064 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1994 | 1,166 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 1,321 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 1,326 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,151 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1998 | 1,292 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1999 | 1,458 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 1,329 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 852.7 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 2002 | 920.1 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 970.8 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 1,282 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2005 | 1,483 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 1,249 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2007 | 1,273 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1,490 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 1,585 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 1,496 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 1,566 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 1,535 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 2,074 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2014 | 1,632 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2015 | 1,559 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 1,438 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 1,442 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,462 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,600 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 1,682 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 951.6 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 2022 | 1,359 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 2023 | 1,233 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 1,436 kg/ha | +16.5% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 1,436 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,124 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — Yield in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +115.7% | 432.5 kg/ha | 933.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 769.87 kg/ha | 714.3 kg/ha | 816.2 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1980s | 958.81 kg/ha | 432.5 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,312 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | 1,596 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,244 kg/ha | 852.7 kg/ha | 1,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,580 kg/ha | 1,438 kg/ha | 2,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,332 kg/ha | 951.6 kg/ha | 1,682 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Canada?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Canada was 1,436 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2,074 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 432.5 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Canada rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Canada ranks 12th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.