Pulses, Total — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Pulses, Total — Area harvested is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 28.01 million ha in India; the lowest is 0 ha in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 49,999 ha, and the mean is 554,794 ha.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 961.3%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Pulses, Total — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 28.01 million ha | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 5.73 million ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Nigeria | 5.30 million ha | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 4 | USSR | 4.95 million ha | 1991 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.55 million ha | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Myanmar | 3.39 million ha | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Türkiye | 802,016 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 3.33 million ha | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 797,205 ha | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.30 million ha | 2024 | up 111.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 673,893 ha | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 3.29 million ha | 2024 | up 112.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Brazil | 2.66 million ha | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 373,014 ha | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | China | 2.63 million ha | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 273,944 ha | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 11 | China, mainland | 2.62 million ha | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 214,171 ha | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 2.21 million ha | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 12 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 175,043 ha | 2024 | up 704.4% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 2.01 million ha | 2024 | up 148.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 100,417 ha | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Kenya | 1.82 million ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 35,814 ha | 2024 | up 67.3% | falling |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 1.60 million ha | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Melanesia | 14,033 ha | 2024 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 1.58 million ha | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 7,627 ha | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 17 | Mexico | 1.52 million ha | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 17 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3,145 ha | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | 1.17 million ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 978,777 ha | 2024 | up 678.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Uganda | 963,736 ha | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 888,229 ha | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Ethiopia PDR | 856,510 ha | 1992 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 856,202 ha | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 786,108 ha | 2024 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Burundi | 752,176 ha | 2024 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 26 | Angola | 713,374 ha | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Caribbean | 456,148 ha | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 27 | Mali | 697,609 ha | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Rwanda | 679,510 ha | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 65,444 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 602,028 ha | 2024 | up 79.1% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 31,339 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Ghana | 600,460 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Poland | 526,300 ha | 2024 | up 110.5% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 525,950 ha | 2024 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 33 | Togo | 442,910 ha | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Sudan | 395,010 ha | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 35 | Sudan (former) | 345,139 ha | 2011 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Chad | 334,648 ha | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Haiti | 332,239 ha | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 38 | France | 320,840 ha | 2024 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 39 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 316,189 ha | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Senegal | 300,462 ha | 2024 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Ukraine | 291,100 ha | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Nepal | 263,505 ha | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | 259,605 ha | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 44 | Germany | 244,600 ha | 2024 | up 181.7% | rising |
| 45 | Benin | 240,526 ha | 2024 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 46 | Thailand | 225,415 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 47 | Lithuania | 212,430 ha | 2024 | up 160.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 212,265 ha | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Guatemala | 211,934 ha | 2024 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 50 | Yugoslav SFR | 199,745 ha | 1991 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Peru | 198,564 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 52 | Honduras | 194,498 ha | 2024 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 168,843 ha | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Indonesia | 164,582 ha | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 55 | Czechoslovakia | 155,669 ha | 1992 | up 86.6% | falling |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 155,038 ha | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 57 | Zambia | 142,145 ha | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Greece | 139,840 ha | 2024 | up 384.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Belarus | 134,613 ha | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 60 | Madagascar | 133,502 ha | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 61 | Romania | 119,350 ha | 2024 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Colombia | 106,173 ha | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 104,739 ha | 2024 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Tunisia | 104,682 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 65 | El Salvador | 101,544 ha | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 66 | Mauritania | 96,899 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 67 | Algeria | 96,691 ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 68 | Somalia | 91,330 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Egypt | 90,592 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 70 | Italy | 89,150 ha | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 86,000 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 72 | Yemen | 81,680 ha | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 79,149 ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 74 | Latvia | 78,900 ha | 2024 | up 572.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Philippines | 71,870 ha | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 76 | South Africa | 66,818 ha | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Cambodia | 65,002 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 78 | Guinea | 62,870 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 60,420 ha | 2024 | up 216.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Czechia | 58,680 ha | 2024 | up 170.1% | falling |
| 81 | Paraguay | 56,880 ha | 2024 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 82 | Eritrea | 49,999 ha | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 83 | Serbia and Montenegro | 47,523 ha | 2005 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 46,881 ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Finland | 43,200 ha | 2024 | up 671.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Sweden | 42,370 ha | 2024 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Cuba | 40,030 ha | 2024 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 88 | Botswana | 39,033 ha | 2024 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 89 | South Sudan | 38,777 ha | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 90 | Ecuador | 33,339 ha | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 91 | Denmark | 31,100 ha | 2024 | up 270.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Japan | 30,242 ha | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Portugal | 30,200 ha | 2024 | up 576.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 28,240 ha | 2024 | up 961.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 23,340 ha | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Chile | 22,855 ha | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Namibia | 21,288 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 21,029 ha | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 99 | Serbia | 20,537 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 100 | Albania | 20,131 ha | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 101 | Slovakia | 19,030 ha | 2024 | up 196.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Ireland | 18,940 ha | 2024 | up 441.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 16,919 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 16,004 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 105 | Djibouti | 15,861 ha | 2024 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Congo | 14,853 ha | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 14,808 ha | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 14,662 ha | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 109 | Hungary | 14,590 ha | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Comoros | 13,166 ha | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 12,727 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 11,205 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 10,454 ha | 2024 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 114 | Guinea-Bissau | 10,287 ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Belgium | 9,850 ha | 2024 | up 641.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Lesotho | 9,558 ha | 2024 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 117 | Croatia | 9,230 ha | 2024 | up 283.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,162 ha | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 119 | Republic of Korea | 8,827 ha | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Israel | 8,292 ha | 2024 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 121 | New Zealand | 7,638 ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 7,437 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 123 | Norway | 7,331 ha | 2024 | up 340.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Belize | 7,228 ha | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Lebanon | 6,581 ha | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 126 | Uruguay | 6,483 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 127 | Solomon Islands | 6,061 ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 128 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5,507 ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Liberia | 5,347 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 130 | Eswatini | 4,743 ha | 2024 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | 4,550 ha | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 132 | Libya | 4,372 ha | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 133 | Malaysia | 4,261 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 134 | Switzerland | 3,964 ha | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Gambia | 3,608 ha | 2024 | down 69.8% | falling |
| 136 | Georgia | 3,483 ha | 2024 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 137 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3,398 ha | 1999 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,800 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Bhutan | 2,799 ha | 2024 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 140 | Palestine | 2,629 ha | 2022 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 141 | Iraq | 2,283 ha | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Réunion | 2,210 ha | 2006 | up 172.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Martinique | 2,073 ha | 2006 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 144 | Armenia | 1,734 ha | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 145 | Jordan | 1,640 ha | 2024 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Jamaica | 1,629 ha | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Mongolia | 1,304 ha | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,027 ha | 2024 | up 48.0% | falling |
| 149 | Guyana | 973 ha | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Barbados | 654 ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 151 | Slovenia | 590 ha | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 514 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 153 | Montenegro | 499 ha | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 154 | Fiji | 425 ha | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 390 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 156 | Gabon | 289 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 157 | Cyprus | 270 ha | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Dominica | 245 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 210 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 160 | Grenada | 197 ha | 2024 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 161 | Bahamas | 135 ha | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 162 | Maldives | 119 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 163 | New Caledonia | 109 ha | 2024 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 95 ha | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Guadeloupe | 80 ha | 2006 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Suriname | 72 ha | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | 24 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Bahrain | 1 ha | 2024 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Malta | 0 ha | 2024 | 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 91.24 million ha
- Asia 40.34 million ha
- Southern Asia 30.83 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 25.36 million ha
- Africa 30.09 million ha
- Middle Africa 2.80 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 29.74 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24.25 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15.35 million ha
- Western Africa 15.34 million ha
- Americas 11.78 million ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 540,992 ha
- Eastern Africa 10.87 million ha
- Europe 5.71 million ha
- Northern America 4.89 million ha
- South-Eastern Asia 4.20 million ha
- South America 4.15 million ha
- Eastern Europe 3.43 million ha
- Oceania 3.32 million ha
- Eastern Asia 3.04 million ha
- European Union (27) 2.65 million ha
- Central America 2.28 million ha
- United States of America 1.56 million ha
- Western Asia 1.14 million ha
- Central Asia 1.13 million ha
- Northern Africa 950,951 ha
- Southern Europe 856,494 ha
- Northern Europe 810,880 ha
- Western Europe 605,784 ha
- Southern Africa 141,439 ha
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.