Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 630,455 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 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 Asia stood at 630,455 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 4.24 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 337,803 ha, in 2008.
That places Southern Asia 9th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.24 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.88 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1963 | 4.05 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 3.69 million ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 3.68 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 3.11 million ha | -15.7% |
| 1967 | 2.94 million ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 2.89 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 2.88 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 2.85 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 3.10 million ha | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 3.28 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 2.94 million ha | -10.3% |
| 1974 | 3.35 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 3.02 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1976 | 3.63 million ha | +20.2% |
| 1977 | 3.35 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 3.64 million ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 3.83 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 3.28 million ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 3.13 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 3.26 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 3.14 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 3.52 million ha | +12.1% |
| 1985 | 3.05 million ha | -13.5% |
| 1986 | 3.00 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 2.96 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 2.63 million ha | -11.1% |
| 1989 | 2.85 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 2.73 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 764,976 ha | -71.9% |
| 1992 | 695,663 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 641,015 ha | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 619,502 ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 678,009 ha | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 617,176 ha | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 554,753 ha | -10.1% |
| 1998 | 531,554 ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 487,220 ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 455,672 ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 469,964 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 448,536 ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 481,866 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 377,638 ha | -21.6% |
| 2005 | 381,061 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 384,977 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 363,509 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 337,803 ha | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 359,902 ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 447,882 ha | +24.4% |
| 2011 | 390,458 ha | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 450,589 ha | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 442,565 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 352,955 ha | -20.2% |
| 2015 | 550,329 ha | +55.9% |
| 2016 | 443,218 ha | -19.5% |
| 2017 | 396,238 ha | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 396,641 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 415,685 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 460,664 ha | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 641,188 ha | +39.2% |
| 2022 | 644,336 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 615,342 ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 630,455 ha | +2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -71.9% | 2.73 million ha | 764,976 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.49 million ha | 2.88 million ha | 4.24 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.30 million ha | 2.85 million ha | 3.83 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.08 million ha | 2.63 million ha | 3.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 831,650 ha | 487,220 ha | 2.73 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 406,093 ha | 337,803 ha | 481,866 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 428,656 ha | 352,955 ha | 550,329 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 598,397 ha | 460,664 ha | 644,336 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 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
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Southern Asia was 630,455 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.24 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 337,803 ha in 2008.
- How does Southern Asia rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 9th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.