Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield was 904.3 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Portugal is 904.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 125.0% on the previous year and down 89.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Portugal peaked at 17,427 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 365.7 kg/ha, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 66th of 73 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 365.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 527.6 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1963 | 532.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 471.1 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1965 | 378 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1966 | 458.8 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1967 | 602 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1968 | 620.2 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 513.6 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1970 | 587.3 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 732.6 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1972 | 661.6 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 612 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 682.9 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1975 | 657.5 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 660.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 579.3 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1978 | 571 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 565 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 617.4 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 575.1 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 614.2 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 591.8 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 783.1 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1985 | 790.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 778.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 779.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 787.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 828.1 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 820.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 736.8 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 666.7 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 555.2 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 582.8 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 482.1 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1996 | 568.9 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1997 | 553.7 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 625 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 1,628 kg/ha | +160.5% |
| 2000 | 2,385 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 2001 | 3,244 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2002 | 4,168 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2003 | 5,122 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2004 | 7,869 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 2005 | 8,927 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2006 | 9,210 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 12,000 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2008 | 12,333 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 16,213 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2010 | 14,741 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 17,427 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2012 | 8,971 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2013 | 7,830 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 8,569 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 7,770 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 10,226 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2017 | 6,869 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2018 | 730.3 kg/ha | -89.4% |
| 2019 | 667.7 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 702.8 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 700.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 521.8 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2023 | 402 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2024 | 904.3 kg/ha | +125.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 904.3 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,273 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 904.3 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,338 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Portugal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +160.5% | 625 kg/ha | 1,628 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +125.0% | 402 kg/ha | 904.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 496.66 kg/ha | 365.7 kg/ha | 620.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 630.95 kg/ha | 565 kg/ha | 732.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 714.47 kg/ha | 575.1 kg/ha | 828.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 722 kg/ha | 482.1 kg/ha | 1,628 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,147 kg/ha | 2,385 kg/ha | 16,213 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,380 kg/ha | 667.7 kg/ha | 17,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 646.22 kg/ha | 402 kg/ha | 904.3 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Portugal?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Portugal was 904.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 17,427 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 365.7 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield?
- Portugal ranks 66th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.