Malawi vs Western Europe: Pulses, Total — Area harvested

Malawi
856,202 ha
in 2024
Western Europe
605,784 ha
in 2024
Malawi rank
23rd
Western Europe rank
25th

Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Malawi
  • Western Europe
200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M196119922024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 856,202 ha against 605,784 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 250,418 ha.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times Western Europe's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.

Malawi ranks 23rd and Western Europe ranks 25th of 169 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Western Europe in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Western Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 237,356 ha 278,116 ha 40,760 ha Western Europe
1970s 303,390 ha 167,432 ha 135,958 ha Malawi
1980s 359,682 ha 471,263 ha 111,581 ha Western Europe
1990s 436,132 ha 843,307 ha 407,175 ha Western Europe
2000s 571,860 ha 574,616 ha 2,756 ha Western Europe
2010s 749,431 ha 455,792 ha 293,639 ha Malawi
2020s 822,783 ha 612,802 ha 209,982 ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Malawi or Western Europe?
Malawi, at 856,202 ha against 605,784 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Malawi and Western Europe?
250,418 ha, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Western Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Western Europe rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
Malawi ranks 23rd and Western Europe ranks 25th 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

Indicator
Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 12,296 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.