Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 1.77 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 1.77 million ha for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1.96 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 792,209 ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 801,575 ha | — |
| 1962 | 792,209 ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 856,175 ha | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 832,590 ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 862,158 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 890,650 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 889,050 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 868,550 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 923,456 ha | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 944,082 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 946,539 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 1.00 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 997,602 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 982,915 ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 991,772 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 995,852 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 1.03 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 1.01 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 1.01 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.11 million ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 1.15 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 1.21 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 1.23 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 1.17 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 1.20 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 1.19 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 1.21 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 1.23 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 1.25 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 1.26 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 1.28 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.26 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 1.22 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 1.28 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 1.32 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 1.32 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.35 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 1.39 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 1.15 million ha | -17.0% |
| 2000 | 1.10 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 1.29 million ha | +17.0% |
| 2002 | 1.54 million ha | +20.1% |
| 2003 | 1.53 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.14 million ha | -25.7% |
| 2005 | 1.13 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.24 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 1.24 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.23 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.27 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1.34 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 1.34 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.39 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 1.41 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.43 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.56 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 1.50 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 1.48 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.46 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.46 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.59 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 1.80 million ha | +13.4% |
| 2022 | 1.96 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 1.81 million ha | -7.8% |
| 2024 | 1.77 million ha | -1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -25.7% | 1.53 million ha | 1.14 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 857,379 ha | 792,209 ha | 923,456 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 991,457 ha | 944,082 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.19 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.28 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.27 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.44 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 million ha | 1.59 million ha | 1.96 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 India 1.94 million ha compare
- 2 Mozambique 453,755 ha compare
- 3 Bangladesh 377,073 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 159,760 ha compare
- 4 Spain 299,070 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.77 million 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.96 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 792,209 ha in 1962.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.