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Which Country Produces the Most Lentils?

Lentils Production (tonnes), 2022
Agriculture | November 26, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 42 countries in 2022, Canada ranked the highest in lentils production with 2,300,598 tonnes followed by India and Australia. On the other end of the scale was Iraq with 9.00 tonnes, Israel with 25.0 tonnes and Bhutan with 51.9 tonnes.

Total lentils production reached 6,655,828 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 15.8 % more than in the previous year and 33.4 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total lentils production reached an all time high of 7,130,000 tonnes in 2017 and an all time low of 854,877 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 3.42 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Canada, accounted for 34.6 % of lentils production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 68.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 94.3 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Lentils Production indicator page.

Lentils Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Argentina tonnes 22,000 20,000 18,605 19,252 34,476
Australia tonnes 292,000 865,300 542,784 359,315 525,848
Bangladesh tonnes 158,228 168,837 176,633 175,384 177,354
Canada tonnes 3,193,800 2,558,500 2,192,100 2,382,000 2,867,700
China tonnes 155,181 171,888 172,173 164,374 164,479
Ethiopia tonnes 166,274 175,144 140,812 119,329 113,018
India tonnes 976,000 1,223,850 1,621,810 1,227,820 1,103,030
Iran tonnes 82,642 78,416 79,611 80,223 76,798
Kazakhstan tonnes 139,724 313,156 253,552 75,386 51,069
Mexico tonnes 2,110 8,931 8,961 9,469 10,090
Nepal tonnes 253,041 254,308 249,491 251,185 262,835
Russia tonnes 65,224 197,858 194,726 116,618 115,556
Syria tonnes 113,500 137,853 73,683 100,653 110,761
Turkey tonnes 365,000 430,000 353,000 353,631 370,815
USA tonnes 580,330 339,380 381,380 244,400 335,570

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