Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 932,807 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 932,807 ha for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Europe peaked at 932,807 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 191,052 ha, in 1995.
That places Europe 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 637,028 ha | — |
| 1962 | 680,625 ha | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 722,012 ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 684,729 ha | -5.2% |
| 1965 | 659,259 ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 633,062 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 616,144 ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 559,871 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 559,089 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 501,896 ha | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 437,464 ha | -12.8% |
| 1972 | 401,022 ha | -8.3% |
| 1973 | 384,938 ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 424,494 ha | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 378,504 ha | -10.8% |
| 1976 | 301,880 ha | -20.2% |
| 1977 | 284,993 ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 242,550 ha | -14.9% |
| 1979 | 227,142 ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 242,805 ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 240,070 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 279,328 ha | +16.4% |
| 1983 | 296,593 ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 303,049 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 327,683 ha | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 391,991 ha | +19.6% |
| 1987 | 410,624 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 517,361 ha | +26.0% |
| 1989 | 454,596 ha | -12.1% |
| 1990 | 409,026 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 382,415 ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 315,196 ha | -17.6% |
| 1993 | 274,097 ha | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 231,580 ha | -15.5% |
| 1995 | 191,052 ha | -17.5% |
| 1996 | 200,541 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 227,752 ha | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 301,024 ha | +32.2% |
| 1999 | 314,647 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 299,962 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 350,029 ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 362,650 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 424,817 ha | +17.1% |
| 2004 | 403,807 ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 299,224 ha | -25.9% |
| 2006 | 305,550 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 256,717 ha | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 293,394 ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 336,999 ha | +14.9% |
| 2010 | 334,597 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 466,308 ha | +39.4% |
| 2012 | 653,524 ha | +40.1% |
| 2013 | 839,950 ha | +28.5% |
| 2014 | 758,921 ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 688,049 ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 348,638 ha | -49.3% |
| 2017 | 417,320 ha | +19.7% |
| 2018 | 874,419 ha | +109.5% |
| 2019 | 757,083 ha | -13.4% |
| 2020 | 767,271 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 770,402 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 764,936 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 922,134 ha | +20.6% |
| 2024 | 932,807 ha | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +109.5% | 417,320 ha | 874,419 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 639,091 ha | 559,089 ha | 722,012 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 358,488 ha | 227,142 ha | 501,896 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 346,410 ha | 240,070 ha | 517,361 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 284,733 ha | 191,052 ha | 409,026 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 333,315 ha | 256,717 ha | 424,817 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 613,881 ha | 334,597 ha | 874,419 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 831,510 ha | 764,936 ha | 932,807 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 3 Bangladesh 377,073 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 159,760 ha compare
- 4 Spain 299,070 ha compare
- 5 Ghana 282,061 ha compare
- 6 Poland 240,200 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 35,095 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,030 ha compare
- 7 Kenya 201,246 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,192 ha compare
- 8 Nigeria 152,867 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 140,559 ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 14,033 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Europe?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Europe was 932,807 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 932,807 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 191,052 ha in 1995.
- How does Europe rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.