Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 11.78 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Americas stood at 11.78 million ha.
The figure is up 16.4% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Americas peaked at 12.64 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6.65 million ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.65 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 6.85 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 7.15 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 7.76 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 7.97 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 8.23 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 8.18 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 8.10 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 7.99 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 7.97 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 8.65 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1972 | 8.37 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 8.30 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 8.70 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 8.78 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 8.09 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 9.05 million ha | +11.8% |
| 1978 | 9.22 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 8.30 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1980 | 9.29 million ha | +12.0% |
| 1981 | 10.31 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1982 | 10.63 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 8.63 million ha | -18.8% |
| 1984 | 9.86 million ha | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 10.10 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 10.51 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 10.49 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 10.87 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 9.58 million ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 10.20 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 11.01 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 9.79 million ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 9.33 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 11.53 million ha | +23.6% |
| 1995 | 11.12 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 10.11 million ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 10.21 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 9.91 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 10.49 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 11.11 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 11.35 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 11.02 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 10.81 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 10.61 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 10.57 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 11.22 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 10.95 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 11.08 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 11.50 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 11.77 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 10.02 million ha | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 10.87 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 10.74 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 11.89 million ha | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 11.93 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 12.64 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 12.53 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 12.13 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 11.31 million ha | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 12.05 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 11.81 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 11.50 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 10.12 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 11.78 million ha | +16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.65 million ha | 6.65 million ha | 8.23 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.54 million ha | 7.97 million ha | 9.22 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.03 million ha | 8.63 million ha | 10.87 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.37 million ha | 9.33 million ha | 11.53 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.02 million ha | 10.57 million ha | 11.50 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.58 million ha | 10.02 million ha | 12.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.45 million ha | 10.12 million ha | 12.05 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 5 Myanmar 3.39 million ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 802,016 ha compare
- 6 Canada 3.33 million ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 797,205 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 673,893 ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 3.30 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 3.29 million ha compare
- 9 Brazil 2.66 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 373,014 ha compare
- 10 China 2.63 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 273,944 ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 2.62 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 214,171 ha compare
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Americas?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Americas was 11.78 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 12.64 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.65 million ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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.