Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 1,280 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 1,280 ha for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 2,813 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 737 ha, in 1983.
Eswatini ranks 79th of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +46.7% |
| 1972 | 2,813 ha | +27.9% |
| 1973 | 2,053 ha | -27.0% |
| 1974 | 1,495 ha | -27.2% |
| 1975 | 1,680 ha | +12.4% |
| 1976 | 1,603 ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 1,766 ha | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 1,766 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,581 ha | +46.1% |
| 1980 | 2,582 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,805 ha | -30.1% |
| 1982 | 1,720 ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 737 ha | -57.2% |
| 1984 | 1,400 ha | +90.0% |
| 1985 | 1,800 ha | +28.6% |
| 1986 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,425 ha | +34.7% |
| 1991 | 1,600 ha | -34.0% |
| 1992 | 1,400 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 1,464 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 1,396 ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 1,363 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 1,327 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 1,200 ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 1,262 ha | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 1,200 ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 1,900 ha | +35.7% |
| 2005 | 1,300 ha | -31.6% |
| 2006 | 1,100 ha | -15.4% |
| 2007 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 1,306 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,400 ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,365 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 1,280 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 1,348 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 1,335 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,310 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,288 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 1,280 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,283 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,282 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,281 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,280 ha | -0.1% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 1,280 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 10% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 1,280 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 4% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +90.0% | 737 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 1983 | -57.2% | 1,720 ha | 737 ha |
| 1971 | +46.7% | 1,500 ha | 2,200 ha |
| 1979 | +46.1% | 1,766 ha | 2,581 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,500 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,946 ha | 1,495 ha | 2,813 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,724 ha | 737 ha | 2,582 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,468 ha | 1,200 ha | 2,425 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,286 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,333 ha | 1,280 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,281 ha | 1,280 ha | 1,283 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Eswatini was 1,280 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2,813 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 737 ha in 1983.
- How does Eswatini rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 79th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.