Lentils, dry — Yield in Italy
Italy: Lentils, dry — Yield was 735.4 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Lentils, dry — Yield in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 735.4 kg/ha for lentils, dry — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.8% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Italy peaked at 996.7 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 544 kg/ha, in 2003.
Italy ranks 44th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 652.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 645.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 719.2 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1964 | 709.5 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 698.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 647.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 768.6 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1968 | 623.7 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1969 | 790.4 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1970 | 764 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 929.6 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1972 | 996.7 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 913.4 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 931.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 946.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 869.9 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1977 | 812.6 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 863.5 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 879.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 928.4 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 920.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 890 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 915.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 850.3 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 820.3 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 922.5 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 851.5 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 690.7 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1989 | 751.9 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 763.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 816.7 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 890.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 875.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 872.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 833.3 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 890.2 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 753.3 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1998 | 746.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 752.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 746.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 766.8 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 759.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 544 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2004 | 663.2 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2005 | 690.9 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 684.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 733.7 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 728 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 780 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 690.4 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 806 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 700.6 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 772 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 760.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 801.6 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 894.6 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 735.4 kg/ha | -17.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 735.4 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,124 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Italy's 735.4 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,173 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 695.09 kg/ha | 623.7 kg/ha | 790.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 890.8 kg/ha | 764 kg/ha | 996.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 854.17 kg/ha | 690.7 kg/ha | 928.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 819.47 kg/ha | 746.8 kg/ha | 890.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 709.73 kg/ha | 544 kg/ha | 780 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 770.12 kg/ha | 690.4 kg/ha | 894.6 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Italy?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Italy was 735.4 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 996.7 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 544 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Italy rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Italy ranks 44th out of 59 countries with data for 2017.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.