Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 20,675 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Afghanistan stood at 20,675 ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 74.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 143,555 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 18,000 ha, in 1967.
Afghanistan ranks 38th of 116 countries 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.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 22,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 22,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 24,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 25,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 18,000 ha | -29.4% |
| 1968 | 27,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 26,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 30,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 36,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 33,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 35,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 37,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 37,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 41,500 ha | +10.7% |
| 1981 | 45,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 37,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 39,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 43,500 ha | +11.5% |
| 1986 | 39,500 ha | -9.2% |
| 1987 | 39,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 35,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1989 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 33,465 ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 36,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 41,329 ha | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 46,279 ha | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 51,116 ha | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 65,982 ha | +29.1% |
| 1997 | 50,377 ha | -23.7% |
| 1998 | 47,041 ha | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 44,730 ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 46,079 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 46,119 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 46,124 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 39,300 ha | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 39,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 46,065 ha | +18.1% |
| 2006 | 39,300 ha | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 40,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 50,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 53,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 71,700 ha | +35.3% |
| 2011 | 81,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 86,368 ha | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 74,113 ha | -14.2% |
| 2014 | 79,746 ha | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 143,555 ha | +80.0% |
| 2016 | 111,894 ha | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 52,243 ha | -53.3% |
| 2018 | 61,166 ha | +17.1% |
| 2019 | 67,114 ha | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 19,017 ha | -71.7% |
| 2021 | 20,076 ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 20,228 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 20,428 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 20,675 ha | +1.2% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 20,675 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 29,072 ha, 71% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 20,675 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,118 ha, 18.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +80.0% | 79,746 ha | 143,555 ha |
| 2020 | -71.7% | 67,114 ha | 19,017 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,111 ha | 18,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,250 ha | 26,000 ha | 37,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,400 ha | 35,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,332 ha | 33,465 ha | 65,982 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,499 ha | 39,000 ha | 53,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,890 ha | 52,243 ha | 143,555 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,085 ha | 19,017 ha | 20,675 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Afghanistan was 20,675 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 143,555 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1967.
- How does Afghanistan rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 38th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.