Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 950 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Portugal is 950 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 137.5% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 5,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 2023.
Portugal ranks 27th of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,700 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,600 ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 3,050 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 3,031 ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 3,012 ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 2,992 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 2,972 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 2,951 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 2,929 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 2,906 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 2,887 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 2,857 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 2,923 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 2,877 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 2,827 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 2,770 ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 2,704 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 2,903 ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 2,800 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 2,850 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,938 ha | -32.0% |
| 2010 | 1,610 ha | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 983 ha | -38.9% |
| 2012 | 1,289 ha | +31.1% |
| 2013 | 993 ha | -23.0% |
| 2014 | 1,247 ha | +25.6% |
| 2015 | 963 ha | -22.8% |
| 2016 | 1,028 ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 1,042 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 660 ha | -36.7% |
| 2019 | 580 ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 680 ha | +17.2% |
| 2021 | 670 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 850 ha | +26.9% |
| 2023 | 400 ha | -52.9% |
| 2024 | 950 ha | +137.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,056 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,570 ha | 3,400 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,600 ha | 3,600 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,973 ha | 2,887 ha | 3,050 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,745 ha | 1,938 ha | 2,923 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,040 ha | 580 ha | 1,610 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 710 ha | 400 ha | 950 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, green — area harvested in Portugal?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Portugal was 950 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 2023.
- How does Portugal rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 27th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, green — Area harvested. 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.