Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Other pulses n.e.c. — Production was 40,078 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
40,078 t
Change on year
up 24.7%
Rank
20th
of 27 groups
All-time high
80,604 t
in 2022
All-time low
10,360 t
in 1992
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, other pulses n.e.c. — production in Southern Africa stood at 40,078 t.

The figure is up 24.7% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — production in Southern Africa peaked at 80,604 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10,360 t, in 1992.

That places Southern Africa 20th 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. — Production in Southern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Southern Africa, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 21,329 t —
1962 17,000 t -20.3%
1963 17,000 t +0.0%
1964 17,200 t +1.2%
1965 17,200 t +0.0%
1966 15,300 t -11.0%
1967 17,500 t +14.4%
1968 17,300 t -1.1%
1969 17,400 t +0.6%
1970 17,500 t +0.6%
1971 19,100 t +9.1%
1972 18,448 t -3.4%
1973 19,222 t +4.2%
1974 21,502 t +11.9%
1975 23,600 t +9.8%
1976 24,901 t +5.5%
1977 26,838 t +7.8%
1978 28,544 t +6.4%
1979 27,406 t -4.0%
1980 25,606 t -6.6%
1981 25,772 t +0.6%
1982 25,012 t -2.9%
1983 21,585 t -13.7%
1984 20,800 t -3.6%
1985 21,800 t +4.8%
1986 22,000 t +0.9%
1987 22,000 t +0.0%
1988 22,200 t +0.9%
1989 26,100 t +17.6%
1990 11,300 t -56.7%
1991 11,353 t +0.5%
1992 10,360 t -8.7%
1993 10,967 t +5.9%
1994 11,218 t +2.3%
1995 11,903 t +6.1%
1996 12,887 t +8.3%
1997 14,796 t +14.8%
1998 14,568 t -1.5%
1999 14,954 t +2.6%
2000 15,717 t +5.1%
2001 16,261 t +3.5%
2002 16,901 t +3.9%
2003 18,138 t +7.3%
2004 19,546 t +7.8%
2005 18,996 t -2.8%
2006 19,115 t +0.6%
2007 19,455 t +1.8%
2008 21,525 t +10.6%
2009 23,792 t +10.5%
2010 24,223 t +1.8%
2011 25,499 t +5.3%
2012 23,185 t -9.1%
2013 23,655 t +2.0%
2014 31,629 t +33.7%
2015 31,201 t -1.4%
2016 28,460 t -8.8%
2017 26,150 t -8.1%
2018 33,124 t +26.7%
2019 26,004 t -21.5%
2020 45,113 t +73.5%
2021 32,358 t -28.3%
2022 80,604 t +149.1%
2023 32,127 t -60.1%
2024 40,078 t +24.7%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Southern 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.

YearChange FromTo
2022 +149.1% 32,358 t 80,604 t
2020 +73.5% 26,004 t 45,113 t
2023 -60.1% 80,604 t 32,127 t
1990 -56.7% 26,100 t 11,300 t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 17,470 t 15,300 t 21,329 t 9
1970s 22,706 t 17,500 t 28,544 t 10
1980s 23,288 t 20,800 t 26,100 t 10
1990s 12,431 t 10,360 t 14,954 t 10
2000s 18,945 t 15,717 t 23,792 t 10
2010s 27,313 t 23,185 t 33,124 t 10
2020s 46,056 t 32,127 t 80,604 t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 17 Kyrgyzstan 78,296 t compare
  2. 18 Sierra Leone 76,035 t compare
  3. 19 USSR 75,000 t compare
  4. 20 Nepal 73,519 t compare
  5. 21 Nigeria 68,532 t compare
  6. 22 Ethiopia PDR 68,000 t compare
  7. 23 Côte d'Ivoire 15,825 t compare
  8. 23 Denmark 65,049 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is other pulses n.e.c. — production in Southern Africa?
Other pulses n.e.c. — production in Southern Africa was 40,078 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 Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 80,604 t in 2022.
What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 10,360 t in 1992.
How does Southern Africa rank for other pulses n.e.c. — production?
Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
Is other pulses n.e.c. — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. 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. — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Other pulses n.e.c. — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
157 places, 8,239 data points, 1961–2024
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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.