Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 33,814 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
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 Eritrea is 33,814 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 52,000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 33,345 ha, in 2020.
Eritrea ranks 32nd of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 37,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 48,000 ha | +29.7% |
| 1995 | 52,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 43,000 ha | -17.3% |
| 1997 | 49,000 ha | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 51,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 48,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 44,985 ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 44,137 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 45,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 40,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 43,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 43,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 40,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 37,375 ha | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 38,534 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 36,110 ha | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 35,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 35,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 36,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 35,936 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 34,041 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 34,473 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 34,176 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 34,373 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 34,114 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 33,345 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 33,944 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 33,801 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 33,697 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 33,814 ha | +0.3% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 33,814 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 29,072 ha, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 33,814 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +29.7% | 37,000 ha | 48,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46,857 ha | 37,000 ha | 52,000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 41,264 ha | 36,110 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,961 ha | 34,041 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,720 ha | 33,345 ha | 33,944 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 29 Botswana 39,033 ha compare
- 30 South Sudan 37,549 ha compare
- 31 Philippines 37,008 ha compare
- 33 Tunisia 32,888 ha compare
- 34 Mauritania 32,825 ha compare
- 35 Germany 27,500 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Eritrea was 33,814 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 52,000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,345 ha in 2020.
- How does Eritrea rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 32nd out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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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.