Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested is currently reported for 126 countries. The highest value is 1.94 million ha in India; the lowest is 0 ha in Timor-Leste.
The median across all reporting countries is 5,478 ha, and the mean is 51,103 ha.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 20,029.4%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.94 million ha | 1990 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 453,755 ha | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 377,073 ha | 2024 | up 238.3% | rising |
| 4 | Spain | 299,070 ha | 2024 | up 424.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Ghana | 282,061 ha | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 240,200 ha | 2024 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 7 | Kenya | 201,246 ha | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 159,760 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 152,867 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 10 | Pakistan | 140,559 ha | 2024 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 11 | Ethiopia PDR | 127,000 ha | 1992 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 119,429 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 13 | Sudan (former) | 116,000 ha | 2011 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 14 | Thailand | 108,133 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 15 | Sudan | 107,039 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 97,608 ha | 2024 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 91,902 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Greece | 90,650 ha | 2024 | up 5,410.6% | volatile |
| 19 | France | 69,230 ha | 2024 | up 3,361.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Nepal | 68,391 ha | 2024 | up 123.2% | falling |
| 21 | Zambia | 65,996 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Guinea | 62,870 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 23 | China | 56,198 ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 23 | China, mainland | 56,198 ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 53,041 ha | 2024 | up 5,246.9% | volatile |
| 26 | USSR | 52,000 ha | 1991 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 27 | Chad | 49,742 ha | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 28 | Niger | 40,230 ha | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 29 | Botswana | 39,033 ha | 2024 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 30 | South Sudan | 37,549 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 31 | Philippines | 37,008 ha | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 32 | United Republic of Tanzania | 35,095 ha | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Eritrea | 33,814 ha | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 34 | Tunisia | 32,888 ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 35 | Mauritania | 32,825 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 36 | Cabo Verde | 31,339 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Germany | 27,500 ha | 2024 | up 754.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27,030 ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 39 | Malawi | 24,331 ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 40 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 22,192 ha | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 41 | Namibia | 21,205 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 20,675 ha | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 20,470 ha | 2024 | up 1,439.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20,322 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 45 | Lithuania | 18,600 ha | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 17,110 ha | 2024 | up 20,029.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 16,738 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 15,570 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Denmark | 15,177 ha | 2017 | up 911.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Melanesia | 14,033 ha | 2024 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 51 | Benin | 13,000 ha | 1994 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 52 | Comoros | 12,644 ha | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Madagascar | 11,932 ha | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 54 | Gambia | 11,749 ha | 2015 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 11,586 ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Yemen | 11,028 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Belgium | 8,140 ha | 2024 | up 297.1% | rising |
| 58 | Austria | 7,990 ha | 2024 | up 161.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 7,437 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 6,061 ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,978 ha | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 5,843 ha | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 63 | Romania | 5,610 ha | 2024 | up 838.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Liberia | 5,347 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 65 | Togo | 5,300 ha | 1990 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 66 | Latvia | 4,900 ha | 2024 | up 1,770.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Republic of Korea | 4,631 ha | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 4,550 ha | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 69 | Slovakia | 4,330 ha | 2024 | up 519.5% | falling |
| 70 | Malaysia | 4,261 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 71 | Ukraine | 4,000 ha | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Guatemala | 3,587 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 3,356 ha | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Türkiye | 3,228 ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Czechoslovakia | 3,210 ha | 1992 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3,199 ha | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Cameroon | 2,703 ha | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 2,577 ha | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Indonesia | 2,497 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Czechia | 2,190 ha | 2024 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Morocco | 2,062 ha | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 1,799 ha | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Peru | 1,701 ha | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Caribbean | 1,564 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 85 | Bhutan | 1,446 ha | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 1,425 ha | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 1,304 ha | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Eswatini | 1,280 ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 89 | Albania | 1,148 ha | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 90 | Serbia | 903 ha | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 91 | Mexico | 774 ha | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Barbados | 634 ha | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 93 | Sweden | 530 ha | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 94 | Armenia | 524 ha | 2024 | up 1,014.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 510 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 96 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 435 ha | 2024 | down 92.5% | falling |
| 97 | Fiji | 425 ha | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 404 ha | 1999 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Hungary | 390 ha | 2024 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Mali | 384 ha | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Slovenia | 310 ha | 2024 | up 318.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Gabon | 289 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 210 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 104 | Cyprus | 190 ha | 2024 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Israel | 175 ha | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Lebanon | 169 ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Dominica | 163 ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 108 | Maldives | 119 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 109 | Algeria | 115 ha | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 109 ha | 2024 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 105 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 90 ha | 2024 | up 718.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Guadeloupe | 80 ha | 2006 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Suriname | 72 ha | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Senegal | 68 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 116 | Estonia | 60 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 24 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21 ha | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Croatia | 10 ha | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Bahrain | 1 ha | 2024 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Ireland | 0 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Jordan | 0 ha | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Malta | 0 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Panama | 0 ha | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Timor-Leste | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.13 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.24 million ha
- Africa 2.08 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.77 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.60 million ha
- Asia 1.10 million ha
- Eastern Africa 979,811 ha
- Europe 932,807 ha
- European Union (27) 833,140 ha
- Western Africa 770,458 ha
- Southern Asia 630,455 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 587,123 ha
About this data
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.