Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Belgium

Belgium: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 9,850 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
9,850 ha
Change on year
down 10.3%
World rank
127th
of 182 countries
All-time high
11,290 ha
in 2022
All-time low
1,033 ha
in 2013
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k2000201220242000: 2.1k ha2001: 2.0k ha2002: 1.8k ha2003: 2.3k ha2004: 2.3k ha2005: 2.2k ha2006: 1.7k ha2007: 1.4k ha2008: 1.2k ha2009: 1.5k ha2010: 1.9k ha2011: 1.6k ha2012: 1.2k ha2013: 1.0k ha2014: 1.3k ha2015: 1.4k ha2016: 1.7k ha2017: 1.7k ha2018: 3.8k ha2019: 4.6k ha2020: 6.0k ha2021: 6.9k ha2022: 11.3k ha2023: 11.0k ha2024: 9.8k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Belgium recorded 9,850 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.

That represents a change of down 10.3% on the previous year and up 641.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 11,290 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,033 ha, in 2013.

Belgium ranks 127th of 182 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,850 ha 1,185 ha 2,349 ha 10
2010s 2,039 ha 1,033 ha 4,640 ha 10
2020s 9,002 ha 6,000 ha 11,290 ha 5

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 124 North Macedonia 11,205 ha compare
  2. 125 Turkmenistan 10,454 ha compare
  3. 126 Guinea-Bissau 10,287 ha compare
  4. 128 Lesotho 9,558 ha compare
  5. 129 Croatia 9,230 ha compare
  6. 130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,162 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is pulses, total — area harvested in Belgium?
Pulses, total — area harvested in Belgium was 9,850 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 11,290 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 1,033 ha in 2013.
How does Belgium rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
Belgium ranks 127th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is up 641.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Belgium 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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Indicator
Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 12,296 data points, 1961–2024
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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.