Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 1,446 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Bhutan is 1,446 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 5,300 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 930 ha, in 1991.
Bhutan ranks 76th 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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 2,050 ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 2,150 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 2,250 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 3,350 ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 3,450 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 3,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,600 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 3,750 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 3,900 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 4,038 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 4,150 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 3,016 ha | -27.3% |
| 1985 | 4,400 ha | +45.9% |
| 1986 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 5,300 ha | +17.8% |
| 1988 | 1,910 ha | -64.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 1,912 ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 930 ha | -51.4% |
| 1992 | 990 ha | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 1,004 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,018 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1,033 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 1,047 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 1,062 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 1,077 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1,091 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 1,106 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1,121 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1,136 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1,151 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1,166 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1,182 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,081 ha | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 1,439 ha | +33.1% |
| 2008 | 1,267 ha | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 1,282 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1,296 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,311 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,327 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,342 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,357 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1,373 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1,389 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,405 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,427 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,441 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,459 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 1,442 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,447 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,450 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,446 ha | -0.3% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 1,446 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 11% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 1,446 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 68,391 ha, 2% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | -64.0% | 5,300 ha | 1,910 ha |
| 1991 | -51.4% | 1,912 ha | 930 ha |
| 1985 | +45.9% | 3,016 ha | 4,400 ha |
| 2007 | +33.1% | 1,081 ha | 1,439 ha |
| 1984 | -27.3% | 4,150 ha | 3,016 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,100 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,230 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,721 ha | 1,910 ha | 5,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,116 ha | 930 ha | 1,912 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,193 ha | 1,081 ha | 1,439 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,367 ha | 1,296 ha | 1,441 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,449 ha | 1,442 ha | 1,459 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Bhutan was 1,446 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 5,300 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 930 ha in 1991.
- How does Bhutan rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 76th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.