Lentils, dry — Yield in World
World: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,228 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
World recorded 1,228 kg/ha for lentils, dry — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in World peaked at 1,326 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 527.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
World ranks 9th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 527.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 576.7 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 573 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 546.4 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 586.3 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 557.6 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 558.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 605.2 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 635.5 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 572.1 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 610.9 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 623.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 556.8 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 607.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 598.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 639.9 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 611.2 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 589 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 566 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 585.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 640 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 683.7 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 674.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 680.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 724.2 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 819.3 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 807.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 802.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 650 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1990 | 797.1 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1991 | 813.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 778.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 814.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 815.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 860.6 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 797 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 803.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 811.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 809.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 871.6 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 798.2 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 792.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 840.9 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 933.2 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 1,003 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 859.8 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 892.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 849.6 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 1,070 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2010 | 1,138 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 1,064 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 1,065 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,297 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2014 | 1,165 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 1,153 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,286 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 1,150 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 1,160 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1,220 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1,326 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 1,071 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2022 | 1,292 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2023 | 1,205 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 1,228 kg/ha | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 574.12 kg/ha | 527.8 kg/ha | 635.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 597.53 kg/ha | 556.8 kg/ha | 639.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 706.77 kg/ha | 585.4 kg/ha | 819.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 810.09 kg/ha | 778.6 kg/ha | 860.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 891.1 kg/ha | 792.7 kg/ha | 1,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,170 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | 1,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,224 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 1,326 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 6 Yugoslav SFR 2,165 kg/ha compare
- 7 Croatia 2,086 kg/ha compare
- 8 Tajikistan 1,782 kg/ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 1,522 kg/ha compare
- 10 Ukraine 1,506 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bangladesh 1,480 kg/ha compare
- 12 Canada 1,436 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in World?
- Lentils, dry — yield in World was 1,228 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1,326 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 527.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- World ranks 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.