Lentils production fell 15.1% to 1,268,830 tonnes in India in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, lentils production in India reached an all time high of 1,621,810 tonnes in 2018 and an all time low of 287,900 tonnes in 1967.
India has been ranked 2nd within the group of 42 countries we follow in terms of lentils production.
| Lentils Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Afghanistan | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bangladesh | tonnes | 158,228 | 168,837 | 176,633 | 175,384 | 177,354 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59.5 | 55.5 | 57.8 | 54.8 | 90.6 | |||||
| China | tonnes | 155,181 | 171,888 | 172,173 | 164,374 | 164,479 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaysia | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Maldives | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Myanmar | tonnes | 971 | 796 | 745 | 732 | 698 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | tonnes | 7,800 | 6,692 | 6,352 | 5,957 | 4,861 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | tonnes | 65,224 | 197,858 | 194,726 | 116,618 | 115,556 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | tonnes | 580,330 | 339,380 | 381,380 | 244,400 | 335,570 |
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