Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Africa
Africa: Other pulses n.e.c. — Production was 1.34 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1.34 million t for other pulses n.e.c. — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — production in Africa peaked at 1.50 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 660,723 t, in 1996.
Africa ranks 6th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 674,088 t | — |
| 1962 | 717,883 t | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 729,745 t | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 739,751 t | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 751,225 t | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 750,639 t | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 752,097 t | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 756,311 t | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 783,292 t | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 772,833 t | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 790,019 t | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 811,617 t | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 815,926 t | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 795,133 t | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 828,703 t | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 835,597 t | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 795,475 t | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 776,569 t | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 769,206 t | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 666,721 t | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 745,159 t | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 807,510 t | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 906,963 t | +12.3% |
| 1984 | 700,454 t | -22.8% |
| 1985 | 750,173 t | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 939,834 t | +25.3% |
| 1987 | 835,722 t | -11.1% |
| 1988 | 866,191 t | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 932,035 t | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 834,064 t | -10.5% |
| 1991 | 799,415 t | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 786,650 t | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 661,790 t | -15.9% |
| 1994 | 850,029 t | +28.4% |
| 1995 | 849,656 t | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 660,723 t | -22.2% |
| 1997 | 693,545 t | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 727,667 t | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 687,734 t | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 674,750 t | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 830,910 t | +23.1% |
| 2002 | 1.10 million t | +32.2% |
| 2003 | 1.09 million t | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 754,769 t | -31.0% |
| 2005 | 766,581 t | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 935,603 t | +22.0% |
| 2007 | 926,560 t | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 923,141 t | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 959,707 t | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 980,203 t | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1.02 million t | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 1.10 million t | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 1.13 million t | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1.21 million t | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 1.30 million t | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 1.25 million t | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 1.29 million t | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 1.30 million t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.27 million t | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1.35 million t | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 1.35 million t | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.50 million t | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 1.39 million t | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 1.34 million t | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 739,448 t | 674,088 t | 783,292 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 799,108 t | 769,206 t | 835,597 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 815,076 t | 666,721 t | 939,834 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 755,127 t | 660,723 t | 850,029 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 896,427 t | 674,750 t | 1.10 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.18 million t | 980,203 t | 1.30 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.39 million t | 1.34 million t | 1.50 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Bangladesh 429,231 t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 137,221 t compare
- 4 Mozambique 321,693 t compare
- 5 Spain 287,990 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 37,289 t compare
- 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 267,972 t compare
- 7 China 149,363 t compare
- 7 China, mainland 149,363 t compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,958 t compare
- 8 Melanesia 12,176 t compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,838 t compare
- 9 Ethiopia 130,163 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — production in Africa?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — production in Africa was 1.34 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.50 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 660,723 t in 1996.
- How does Africa rank for other pulses n.e.c. — production?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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. — Production. 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.