Pulses, Total — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
Pulses, Total — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
33.48 ha per square kilometre
Burundi
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Malta
Median
0.2875 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,573
What the numbers show
Pulses, Total — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 33.48 ha per square kilometre in Burundi; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2875 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.39 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 957.3%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).
Pulses, Total — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 33.48 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 146.7% | rising |
| 2 | Rwanda | 26.17 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 3 | Haiti | 11.79 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 4 | India | 9.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 9.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 6 | Togo | 7.8 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Comoros | 7.59 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 5.81 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Myanmar | 5.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Nigeria | 5.67 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 4.98 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 12 | El Salvador | 4.75 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 4.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.5% | falling |
| 14 | Niger | 4.47 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Kenya | 3.4 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 2.68 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 260.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Ghana | 2.61 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Mozambique | 2.54 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Guatemala | 2.17 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 20 | Nepal | 2.07 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 1.8 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 1.78 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 1.76 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Benin | 1.71 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 1.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 26 | Senegal | 1.63 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Pakistan | 1.59 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 28 | Barbados | 1.52 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 1.51 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 1.46 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 31 | Grenada | 1.32 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.32 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 1.3 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.5% | falling |
| 34 | Israel | 1.28 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 291.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Estonia | 1.25 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 299.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Spain | 1.21 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.0% | falling |
| 37 | Latvia | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 908.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Denmark | 1.06 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 486.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Djibouti | 0.9595 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 178.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Greece | 0.9378 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 294.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.8077 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 42 | Albania | 0.7312 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 0.6895 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Lesotho | 0.6845 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 45 | Czechia | 0.6728 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 164.1% | falling |
| 46 | Belarus | 0.6714 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 47 | Germany | 0.6628 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 206.9% | rising |
| 48 | Lebanon | 0.6607 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 49 | Tunisia | 0.657 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 50 | France | 0.6563 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 0.6475 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 52 | Mali | 0.5708 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Angola | 0.5703 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.5389 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Mexico | 0.4472 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 56 | Romania | 0.4437 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 0.4437 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 58 | Thailand | 0.4423 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 59 | Palestine, State of | 0.4363 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 60 | Cuba | 0.4295 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 61 | Eritrea | 0.4116 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 62 | Maldives | 0.3993 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 63 | Slovakia | 0.3773 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 268.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Cambodia | 0.3684 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 65 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.365 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Belgium | 0.3601 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 957.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Ukraine | 0.3547 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 0.3421 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 69 | Canada | 0.3318 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominica | 0.3293 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 71 | Portugal | 0.3223 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 542.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Australia | 0.3105 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Brazil | 0.299 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 0.2925 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Zambia | 0.2878 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Italy | 0.2875 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Belize | 0.282 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 78 | China | 0.2807 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 0.2804 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 734.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Gambia | 0.2779 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 81 | Eswatini | 0.2758 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | flat |
| 82 | Philippines | 0.2624 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 83 | Argentina | 0.2593 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Guinea | 0.2561 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 85 | Austria | 0.2561 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | 0.2543 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 87 | Madagascar | 0.2371 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 88 | Ireland | 0.2359 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 261.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 0.217 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Chad | 0.2168 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Sudan | 0.2107 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2105 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 93 | Panama | 0.207 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 0.1864 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.2% | falling |
| 95 | Jamaica | 0.1679 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 0.1611 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1564 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 98 | Yemen | 0.1525 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 0.1466 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 100 | Paraguay | 0.1462 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 101 | Somalia | 0.146 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Hungary | 0.1446 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 0.1413 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 146.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Finland | 0.1359 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 907.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0.1243 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 106 | Ecuador | 0.1228 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 107 | Sweden | 0.1157 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 0.1153 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 109 | Egypt | 0.1019 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 110 | Colombia | 0.1012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 111 | Switzerland | 0.1001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritania | 0.0943 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 113 | Japan | 0.0857 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Indonesia | 0.0839 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 115 | Central African Republic | 0.0758 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Croatia | 0.0713 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Bhutan | 0.0647 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 118 | South Sudan | 0.061 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 119 | Liberia | 0.0556 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 120 | South Africa | 0.0527 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Armenia | 0.0487 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 0.0478 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 123 | Congo | 0.0437 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 124 | Algeria | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 125 | Georgia | 0.0415 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 0.0393 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 127 | Botswana | 0.0385 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Montenegro | 0.0372 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 129 | Uruguay | 0.0369 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 130 | Slovenia | 0.0343 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Chile | 0.0326 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Cyprus | 0.0314 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 133 | New Zealand | 0.029 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 134 | Namibia | 0.0259 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 0.0243 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 136 | Jordan | 0.0231 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Fiji | 0.0222 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Norway | 0.0177 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 534.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0164 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 140 | Bahamas | 0.0135 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 0.007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 142 | New Caledonia | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Iraq | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Guyana | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Libya | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 146 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 148 | Mongolia | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Suriname | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Bahrain | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Malta | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.6903 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Pulses, Total — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Pulses, Total — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.