Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Asia

Western Asia: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 33,839 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
33,839 ha
Change on year
up 5.6%
Rank
12th
of 23 groups
All-time high
33,839 ha
in 2024
All-time low
448 ha
in 2013
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Western Asia recorded 33,839 ha for cow peas, dry — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 47.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 33,839 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 448 ha, in 2013.

Western Asia ranks 12th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 3,800 ha
1962 4,100 ha +7.9%
1963 5,425 ha +32.3%
1964 6,319 ha +16.5%
1965 6,784 ha +7.4%
1966 6,561 ha -3.3%
1967 9,694 ha +47.8%
1968 7,726 ha -20.3%
1969 6,721 ha -13.0%
1970 7,332 ha +9.1%
1971 5,273 ha -28.1%
1972 4,252 ha -19.4%
1973 3,463 ha -18.6%
1974 3,104 ha -10.4%
1975 1,892 ha -39.0%
1976 1,156 ha -38.9%
1977 1,232 ha +6.6%
1978 915 ha -25.7%
1979 928 ha +1.4%
1980 991 ha +6.8%
1981 965 ha -2.6%
1982 961 ha -0.4%
1983 979 ha +1.9%
1984 979 ha +0.0%
1985 924 ha -5.6%
1986 924 ha +0.0%
1987 867 ha -6.2%
1988 817 ha -5.8%
1989 820 ha +0.4%
1990 845 ha +3.0%
1991 690 ha -18.3%
1992 820 ha +18.8%
1993 830 ha +1.2%
1994 815 ha -1.8%
1995 820 ha +0.6%
1996 810 ha -1.2%
1997 782 ha -3.5%
1998 735 ha -6.0%
1999 667 ha -9.3%
2000 642 ha -3.7%
2001 609 ha -5.1%
2002 578 ha -5.1%
2003 530 ha -8.3%
2004 543 ha +2.5%
2005 527 ha -2.9%
2006 488 ha -7.4%
2007 465 ha -4.7%
2008 471 ha +1.3%
2009 594 ha +26.1%
2010 581 ha -2.2%
2011 526 ha -9.5%
2012 483 ha -8.2%
2013 448 ha -7.2%
2014 22,947 ha +5022.1%
2015 20,642 ha -10.0%
2016 19,885 ha -3.7%
2017 19,866 ha -0.1%
2018 18,380 ha -7.5%
2019 26,400 ha +43.6%
2020 28,627 ha +8.4%
2021 30,209 ha +5.5%
2022 30,449 ha +0.8%
2023 32,051 ha +5.3%
2024 33,839 ha +5.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 6,348 ha 3,800 ha 9,694 ha 9
1970s 2,955 ha 915 ha 7,332 ha 10
1980s 922.7 ha 817 ha 991 ha 10
1990s 781.4 ha 667 ha 845 ha 10
2000s 544.7 ha 465 ha 642 ha 10
2010s 13,016 ha 448 ha 26,400 ha 10
2020s 31,035 ha 28,627 ha 33,839 ha 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 9 Sudan 231,525 ha compare
  2. 10 Benin 220,485 ha compare
  3. 11 Ghana 191,625 ha compare
  4. 12 Sudan (former) 145,740 ha compare
  5. 13 Myanmar 128,014 ha compare
  6. 14 Malawi 124,813 ha compare
  7. 15 Zimbabwe 65,888 ha compare

See the full ranking of 77 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia

All data for Western Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Western Asia?
Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Western Asia was 33,839 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 33,839 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 448 ha in 2013.
How does Western Asia rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
Western Asia ranks 12th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Western Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Asia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/cow-peas-dry-area-harvested/western-asia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/cow-peas-dry-area-harvested/western-asia/">Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Asia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
77 places, 3,623 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.