Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 20,131 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Albania is 20,131 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Albania peaked at 32,000 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 20,035 ha, in 2023.
Albania ranks 100th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,005 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,619 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 29,164 ha | +41.4% |
| 1964 | 27,210 ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 21,159 ha | -22.2% |
| 1966 | 26,213 ha | +23.9% |
| 1967 | 27,991 ha | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 29,496 ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 26,649 ha | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 26,797 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 25,977 ha | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 25,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 21,800 ha | -13.1% |
| 1974 | 24,600 ha | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 20,800 ha | -15.4% |
| 1976 | 26,750 ha | +28.6% |
| 1977 | 29,600 ha | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 30,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 32,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 31,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 30,600 ha | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 28,600 ha | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 27,400 ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 26,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 24,300 ha | -7.6% |
| 1986 | 25,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 30,600 ha | +20.9% |
| 1988 | 31,800 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 31,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 29,200 ha | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 22,192 ha | -24.0% |
| 1992 | 27,489 ha | +23.9% |
| 1993 | 26,834 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 26,674 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 28,335 ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 30,127 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 28,216 ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 28,118 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 30,310 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 30,310 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 26,038 ha | -14.1% |
| 2002 | 24,725 ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 24,325 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 24,340 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 23,250 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 22,288 ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 21,730 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 21,359 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 21,028 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 20,350 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 21,633 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 22,390 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 21,950 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 22,319 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 22,621 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 21,465 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 20,640 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 20,994 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 21,250 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 21,292 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 21,125 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 20,797 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 20,035 ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 20,131 ha | +0.5% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 20,131 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,525 ha, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Albania's 20,131 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 91% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +41.4% | 20,619 ha | 29,164 ha |
| 1976 | +28.6% | 20,800 ha | 26,750 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,501 ha | 20,619 ha | 29,496 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,392 ha | 20,800 ha | 32,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,820 ha | 24,300 ha | 31,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,750 ha | 22,192 ha | 30,310 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,939 ha | 21,028 ha | 30,310 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,561 ha | 20,350 ha | 22,621 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,676 ha | 20,035 ha | 21,292 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Albania?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Albania was 20,131 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 32,000 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,035 ha in 2023.
- How does Albania rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 100th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — Area harvested. 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.