Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield was 2,173 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Afghanistan stood at 2,173 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 188.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 2,173 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 657.6 kg/ha, in 2019.
Afghanistan ranks 23rd of 114 countries 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. — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 878 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 885.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 871.1 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 915.6 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 904.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 886.3 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 833.3 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 911.1 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1969 | 948.1 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 953.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 961.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 980 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 900 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 960.6 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 969.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 965.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 945.9 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 973 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 986.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 988 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 991.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 970.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 928.2 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 943.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 988.5 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 939.2 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 964.1 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 914.3 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 828.6 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 986.1 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1991 | 966.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 945.9 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 967.8 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 972.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 978.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 985.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 992.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 999.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,011 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1,020 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 1,026 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,032 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,071 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 1,077 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,034 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 1,071 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 1,013 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 1,020 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 943.4 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 743.4 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2011 | 827.2 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 798.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 809.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 752.4 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 742.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 724.4 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 688.4 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 672.1 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 657.6 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 1,638 kg/ha | +149.1% |
| 2021 | 1,555 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 1,555 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,078 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 2024 | 2,173 kg/ha | +4.6% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 2,173 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 878.6 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 2,173 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,291 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +149.1% | 657.6 kg/ha | 1,638 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +33.6% | 1,555 kg/ha | 2,078 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 892.6 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 948.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 959.67 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 986.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 945.63 kg/ha | 828.6 kg/ha | 991.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 980.54 kg/ha | 945.9 kg/ha | 1,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,031 kg/ha | 943.4 kg/ha | 1,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 741.69 kg/ha | 657.6 kg/ha | 827.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,800 kg/ha | 1,555 kg/ha | 2,173 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 20 Poland 2,398 kg/ha compare
- 21 Egypt 2,227 kg/ha compare
- 22 Azerbaijan 2,215 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 778.7 kg/ha compare
- 24 Saint Lucia 2,100 kg/ha compare
- 25 Austria 2,099 kg/ha compare
- 26 Czechoslovakia 2,013 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Afghanistan?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Afghanistan was 2,173 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,173 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 657.6 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Afghanistan rank for other pulses n.e.c. — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 23rd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 188.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield. 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.