Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Austria
Austria: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 23,340 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Austria stood at 23,340 ha.
The figure is up 10.5% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Austria peaked at 60,859 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1,125 ha, in 1976.
Austria ranks 95th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Austria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,656 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,438 ha | -6.0% |
| 1963 | 5,404 ha | +57.2% |
| 1964 | 5,032 ha | -6.9% |
| 1965 | 5,503 ha | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 8,402 ha | +52.7% |
| 1967 | 8,297 ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 7,001 ha | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 3,166 ha | -54.8% |
| 1970 | 2,911 ha | -8.1% |
| 1971 | 2,530 ha | -13.1% |
| 1972 | 2,753 ha | +8.8% |
| 1973 | 2,240 ha | -18.6% |
| 1974 | 2,148 ha | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 1,137 ha | -47.1% |
| 1976 | 1,125 ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 2,370 ha | +110.7% |
| 1978 | 4,200 ha | +77.2% |
| 1979 | 6,100 ha | +45.2% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +31.1% |
| 1981 | 9,900 ha | +23.8% |
| 1982 | 11,800 ha | +19.2% |
| 1983 | 13,800 ha | +16.9% |
| 1984 | 15,800 ha | +14.5% |
| 1985 | 16,600 ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 17,444 ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 33,094 ha | +89.7% |
| 1988 | 33,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 33,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 50,800 ha | +53.9% |
| 1991 | 52,257 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 57,720 ha | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 54,668 ha | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 48,920 ha | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 26,424 ha | -46.0% |
| 1996 | 36,508 ha | +38.2% |
| 1997 | 53,894 ha | +47.6% |
| 1998 | 60,859 ha | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 49,145 ha | -19.2% |
| 2000 | 44,803 ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 42,276 ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 46,087 ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 47,329 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 44,525 ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 42,908 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 40,950 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 35,896 ha | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 28,693 ha | -20.1% |
| 2009 | 21,590 ha | -24.8% |
| 2010 | 24,399 ha | +13.0% |
| 2011 | 22,722 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 22,096 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 17,805 ha | -19.4% |
| 2014 | 19,758 ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 23,573 ha | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 24,792 ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 22,859 ha | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 20,630 ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 17,670 ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 18,650 ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 19,960 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 18,940 ha | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 21,130 ha | +11.6% |
| 2024 | 23,340 ha | +10.5% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 23,340 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Austria's 23,340 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Austria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +110.7% | 1,125 ha | 2,370 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,544 ha | 3,166 ha | 8,402 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,751 ha | 1,125 ha | 6,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,254 ha | 8,000 ha | 33,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,120 ha | 26,424 ha | 60,859 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,506 ha | 21,590 ha | 47,329 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,630 ha | 17,670 ha | 24,792 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,404 ha | 18,650 ha | 23,340 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Austria?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Austria was 23,340 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 60,859 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,125 ha in 1976.
- How does Austria rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Austria ranks 95th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria 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.