Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 126,645 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 126,645 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 133,149 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 50,800 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,800 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 53,800 ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 57,800 ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 57,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 56,300 ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 60,810 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 60,810 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 62,136 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 61,920 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 62,420 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 62,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 62,730 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 63,730 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 63,240 ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 62,740 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 61,750 ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 61,255 ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 58,460 ha | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 57,865 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 57,370 ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 56,880 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 56,980 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 55,990 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 55,400 ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 54,300 ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 54,100 ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 53,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 54,700 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 54,659 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 58,015 ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 59,406 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 63,231 ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 60,187 ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 62,896 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 71,692 ha | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 70,955 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 109,221 ha | +53.9% |
| 1999 | 88,838 ha | -18.7% |
| 2000 | 65,193 ha | -26.6% |
| 2001 | 96,409 ha | +47.9% |
| 2002 | 101,359 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 89,335 ha | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 86,188 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 60,334 ha | -30.0% |
| 2006 | 64,202 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 62,784 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 63,508 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 70,713 ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 94,389 ha | +33.5% |
| 2011 | 86,220 ha | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 89,151 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 95,774 ha | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 117,880 ha | +23.1% |
| 2015 | 133,149 ha | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 124,144 ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 126,281 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 125,817 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 125,338 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 128,044 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 126,359 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 126,580 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 126,994 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 126,645 ha | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Middle Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +53.9% | 70,955 ha | 109,221 ha |
| 2001 | +47.9% | 65,193 ha | 96,409 ha |
| 2010 | +33.5% | 70,713 ha | 94,389 ha |
| 2005 | -30.0% | 86,188 ha | 60,334 ha |
| 2000 | -26.6% | 88,838 ha | 65,193 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,895 ha | 50,800 ha | 62,136 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,066 ha | 58,460 ha | 63,730 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,658 ha | 53,000 ha | 57,865 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 69,910 ha | 54,659 ha | 109,221 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,002 ha | 60,334 ha | 101,359 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 111,814 ha | 86,220 ha | 133,149 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 126,924 ha | 126,359 ha | 128,044 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 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
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Middle Africa was 126,645 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 133,149 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.