Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 13,166 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 13,166 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and down 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 40,474 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
Comoros ranks 110th 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 Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,450 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,400 ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 7,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 8,100 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 8,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 8,880 ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 9,079 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 9,381 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 9,621 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 9,996 ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 10,400 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 11,406 ha | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 12,119 ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 12,526 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 13,114 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 13,750 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 14,412 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 15,093 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 15,769 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 15,385 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 19,626 ha | +27.6% |
| 2006 | 40,474 ha | +106.2% |
| 2007 | 38,971 ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 37,440 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 35,878 ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 34,277 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 32,635 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 30,942 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 29,205 ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 27,404 ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 25,503 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 23,614 ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 21,723 ha | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 19,821 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 17,883 ha | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 15,950 ha | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 14,021 ha | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 12,612 ha | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 14,125 ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 13,166 ha | -6.8% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 13,166 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 11% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 13,166 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 8% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +106.2% | 19,626 ha | 40,474 ha |
| 1982 | +50.0% | 4,000 ha | 6,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,261 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,150 ha | 2,700 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,540 ha | 3,700 ha | 8,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,652 ha | 8,880 ha | 13,114 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,680 ha | 13,750 ha | 40,474 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,301 ha | 17,883 ha | 34,277 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,975 ha | 12,612 ha | 15,950 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Comoros?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Comoros was 13,166 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 40,474 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Comoros rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 110th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros 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.