Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 2,799 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 2,799 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.5% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 5,300 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 930 ha, in 1991.
That places Bhutan 153rd out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,100 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,230 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,721 ha | 1,910 ha | 5,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,116 ha | 930 ha | 1,912 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,366 ha | 1,106 ha | 4,638 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,140 ha | 2,890 ha | 3,643 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,732 ha | 2,348 ha | 3,601 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 150 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,398 ha compare
- 151 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,145 ha compare
- 152 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,800 ha compare
- 154 Palestine 2,629 ha compare
- 155 Iraq 2,283 ha compare
- 156 Martinique 2,073 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture share gdp 13.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 13.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 56.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 450,682 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 489.68 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2,050 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Bhutan was 2,799 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 5,300 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 930 ha in 1991.
- How does Bhutan rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 153rd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.