Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 140,559 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
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 Pakistan is 140,559 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 515,300 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 104,000 ha, in 2014.
That places Pakistan 9th out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 403,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 404,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 349,700 ha | -13.6% |
| 1964 | 309,600 ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 292,500 ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 261,500 ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 251,100 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 255,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 181,900 ha | -28.7% |
| 1970 | 178,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 226,700 ha | +27.2% |
| 1972 | 228,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 213,400 ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 324,000 ha | +51.8% |
| 1975 | 257,000 ha | -20.7% |
| 1976 | 393,500 ha | +53.1% |
| 1977 | 342,700 ha | -12.9% |
| 1978 | 300,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 386,700 ha | +28.9% |
| 1980 | 293,200 ha | -24.2% |
| 1981 | 298,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 370,200 ha | +24.0% |
| 1983 | 308,400 ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 420,200 ha | +36.3% |
| 1985 | 426,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 322,700 ha | -24.3% |
| 1987 | 419,900 ha | +30.1% |
| 1988 | 222,600 ha | -47.0% |
| 1989 | 515,300 ha | +131.5% |
| 1990 | 397,800 ha | -22.8% |
| 1991 | 356,600 ha | -10.4% |
| 1992 | 300,000 ha | -15.9% |
| 1993 | 250,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 206,200 ha | -17.5% |
| 1995 | 235,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 203,500 ha | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 178,026 ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 173,260 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 161,241 ha | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 137,785 ha | -14.5% |
| 2001 | 167,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 2002 | 122,200 ha | -26.8% |
| 2003 | 174,600 ha | +42.9% |
| 2004 | 131,100 ha | -24.9% |
| 2005 | 130,800 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 163,800 ha | +25.2% |
| 2007 | 163,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 154,800 ha | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 179,400 ha | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 231,700 ha | +29.2% |
| 2011 | 175,800 ha | -24.1% |
| 2012 | 212,000 ha | +20.6% |
| 2013 | 207,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 104,000 ha | -49.8% |
| 2015 | 199,600 ha | +91.9% |
| 2016 | 124,600 ha | -37.6% |
| 2017 | 138,145 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 142,061 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 140,241 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 140,149 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 140,817 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 140,403 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 140,457 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 140,559 ha | +0.1% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 140,559 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 11.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 140,559 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,118 ha, 125.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +131.5% | 222,600 ha | 515,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 301,033 ha | 181,900 ha | 404,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 285,020 ha | 178,200 ha | 393,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 359,730 ha | 222,600 ha | 515,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 246,223 ha | 161,241 ha | 397,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 152,468 ha | 122,200 ha | 179,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 167,515 ha | 104,000 ha | 231,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 140,477 ha | 140,149 ha | 140,817 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 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 Melanesia 14,033 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 127,000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 3,228 ha compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 119,429 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 3,199 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 435 ha compare
- 12 Sudan (former) 116,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Pakistan was 140,559 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 515,300 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 104,000 ha in 2014.
- How does Pakistan rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 9th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.