Lentils, dry — Yield in South America
South America: Lentils, dry — Yield was 843.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lentils, dry — yield in South America stood at 843.3 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 60.9% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in South America peaked at 1,513 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 424.4 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places South America 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 570.87 kg/ha | 506.8 kg/ha | 627.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 619.43 kg/ha | 494 kg/ha | 924 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 580.29 kg/ha | 424.4 kg/ha | 742 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 823.68 kg/ha | 598.9 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 720.21 kg/ha | 614.5 kg/ha | 919.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 968.24 kg/ha | 567 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 896.74 kg/ha | 524.1 kg/ha | 1,513 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 69.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,181 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in South America?
- Lentils, dry — yield in South America was 843.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,513 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 424.4 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does South America rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- South America ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.