Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 61,517 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Africa stood at 61,517 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.8% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 85,846 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18,142 ha, in 1992.
That places Southern Africa 19th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1963 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 26,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 26,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 25,900 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 26,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 26,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 32,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 1972 | 32,813 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 32,053 ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 31,995 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 37,180 ha | +16.2% |
| 1976 | 37,603 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 37,966 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 37,966 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 39,081 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 39,082 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 38,305 ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 38,220 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 37,237 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 37,900 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 38,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 38,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 38,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 38,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 39,700 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 19,231 ha | -51.6% |
| 1991 | 18,674 ha | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 18,142 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 18,475 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 18,676 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 19,311 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 20,245 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 21,688 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 21,764 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 22,190 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 22,941 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 23,120 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 23,476 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 24,422 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 25,156 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 24,631 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 21,009 ha | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 19,910 ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 30,638 ha | +53.9% |
| 2009 | 36,835 ha | +20.2% |
| 2010 | 34,795 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 38,818 ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 32,865 ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 36,818 ha | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 47,550 ha | +29.1% |
| 2015 | 36,863 ha | -22.5% |
| 2016 | 41,088 ha | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 37,212 ha | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 58,595 ha | +57.5% |
| 2019 | 37,908 ha | -35.3% |
| 2020 | 65,868 ha | +73.8% |
| 2021 | 59,307 ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 85,846 ha | +44.7% |
| 2023 | 44,309 ha | -48.4% |
| 2024 | 61,517 ha | +38.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,422 ha | 25,900 ha | 29,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,496 ha | 26,300 ha | 39,081 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,364 ha | 37,237 ha | 39,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,840 ha | 18,142 ha | 22,190 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,214 ha | 19,910 ha | 36,835 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,251 ha | 32,865 ha | 58,595 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,369 ha | 44,309 ha | 85,846 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Africa was 61,517 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 85,846 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,142 ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.