Lentils, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,314 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Eastern 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 Eastern Africa is 1,314 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,430 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 404.5 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Eastern Africa 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 450.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 458.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 471.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 460.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 467.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 467.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 463.7 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 464.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 465.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 461.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 458.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 455.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 459.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 431.4 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 404.5 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 681.7 kg/ha | +68.5% |
| 1977 | 706.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 560.2 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1979 | 741.4 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1980 | 712.5 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 1,116 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 1982 | 731.6 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1983 | 758.5 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 638.5 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1985 | 505.9 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1986 | 577.2 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1987 | 577 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 467.5 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1989 | 732.5 kg/ha | +56.7% |
| 1990 | 787.9 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 1,376 kg/ha | +74.6% |
| 1992 | 611.8 kg/ha | -55.5% |
| 1993 | 645 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 601.3 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 673.3 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 503.3 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1997 | 680.7 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1998 | 564.5 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1999 | 516.5 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 778.1 kg/ha | +50.6% |
| 2001 | 682.6 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 632.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 675.3 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 680.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 710.1 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 680.2 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 827.2 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2008 | 866.8 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 1,133 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2010 | 1,008 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 1,133 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 1,189 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 1,228 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1,340 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 1,420 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 1,430 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,327 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 1,177 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 1,254 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 1,193 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 1,191 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,049 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 1,317 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2024 | 1,314 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +74.6% | 787.9 kg/ha | 1,376 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +68.5% | 404.5 kg/ha | 681.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 463.29 kg/ha | 450.9 kg/ha | 471.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 536.04 kg/ha | 404.5 kg/ha | 741.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 681.67 kg/ha | 467.5 kg/ha | 1,116 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 696.02 kg/ha | 503.3 kg/ha | 1,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 766.66 kg/ha | 632.8 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,251 kg/ha | 1,008 kg/ha | 1,430 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,213 kg/ha | 1,049 kg/ha | 1,317 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 2 China 2,574 kg/ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2,574 kg/ha compare
- 4 Egypt 2,539 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 1,002 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 603.6 kg/ha compare
- 5 New Zealand 2,470 kg/ha compare
- 6 Yugoslav SFR 2,165 kg/ha compare
- 7 Croatia 2,086 kg/ha compare
- 8 Tajikistan 1,782 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Eastern Africa was 1,314 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,430 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 404.5 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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.