Australia vs Brazil: Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Brazil
How they compare
Australia currently reports 3.29 million ha against 2.66 million ha in Brazil, a difference of 629,110 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 9th of 169 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,571 ha | 3.37 million ha | 3.35 million ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 119,098 ha | 4.29 million ha | 4.17 million ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 866,637 ha | 5.33 million ha | 4.46 million ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 2.01 million ha | 4.65 million ha | 2.64 million ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 1.82 million ha | 3.98 million ha | 2.16 million ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 2.02 million ha | 2.98 million ha | 958,870 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 2.57 million ha | 2.64 million ha | 68,264 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Australia or Brazil?
- Australia, at 3.29 million ha against 2.66 million ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Australia and Brazil?
- 629,110 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Brazil rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 9th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pulses, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.