Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in World
World: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 232,792 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in World, 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 World is 232,792 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in World peaked at 279,924 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 118,379 ha, in 1961.
That places World 1st out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 118,379 ha | — |
| 1962 | 131,301 ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 144,528 ha | +10.1% |
| 1964 | 148,587 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 136,703 ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 137,886 ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 133,404 ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 135,480 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 131,694 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 137,060 ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 129,721 ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 130,327 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 142,284 ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 141,804 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 142,145 ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 163,823 ha | +15.3% |
| 1977 | 154,085 ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 157,699 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 151,274 ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 154,291 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 181,207 ha | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 154,470 ha | -14.8% |
| 1983 | 152,203 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 182,081 ha | +19.6% |
| 1985 | 194,692 ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 198,821 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 214,788 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 193,126 ha | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 195,511 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 195,249 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 180,481 ha | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 184,033 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 190,994 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 185,754 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 175,790 ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 189,968 ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 196,772 ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 196,103 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 192,730 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 196,899 ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 194,974 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 194,295 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 223,344 ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 247,268 ha | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 245,018 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 247,789 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 243,998 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 239,931 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 260,588 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 250,020 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 257,111 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 278,850 ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 273,004 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 267,826 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 261,540 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 257,798 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 249,872 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 255,291 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 256,806 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 279,924 ha | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 263,718 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 240,170 ha | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 234,466 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 232,792 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135,329 ha | 118,379 ha | 148,587 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 145,022 ha | 129,721 ha | 163,823 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 182,119 ha | 152,203 ha | 214,788 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 188,787 ha | 175,790 ha | 196,772 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 229,410 ha | 194,295 ha | 260,588 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 260,812 ha | 249,872 ha | 278,850 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 250,214 ha | 232,792 ha | 279,924 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in World?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in World was 232,792 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 279,924 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 118,379 ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.