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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