Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 270 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Cyprus stood at 270 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.9% on the previous year and down 67.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 20,936 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 270 ha, in 2021.
That places Cyprus 157th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,271 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,936 ha | +14.6% |
| 1963 | 19,900 ha | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 18,497 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 12,962 ha | -29.9% |
| 1966 | 15,307 ha | +18.1% |
| 1967 | 13,614 ha | -11.1% |
| 1968 | 12,102 ha | -11.1% |
| 1969 | 13,594 ha | +12.3% |
| 1970 | 16,629 ha | +22.3% |
| 1971 | 19,984 ha | +20.2% |
| 1972 | 17,870 ha | -10.6% |
| 1973 | 20,051 ha | +12.2% |
| 1974 | 19,422 ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 7,890 ha | -59.4% |
| 1976 | 8,528 ha | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 8,742 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 5,998 ha | -31.4% |
| 1979 | 5,822 ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 5,685 ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 4,437 ha | -22.0% |
| 1982 | 4,219 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 4,482 ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 4,710 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 4,008 ha | -14.9% |
| 1986 | 3,847 ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 4,172 ha | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 2,881 ha | -30.9% |
| 1989 | 2,376 ha | -17.5% |
| 1990 | 2,345 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 2,012 ha | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 2,046 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1,882 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 1,317 ha | -30.0% |
| 1995 | 1,506 ha | +14.4% |
| 1996 | 1,445 ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 958 ha | -33.7% |
| 1998 | 744 ha | -22.3% |
| 1999 | 822 ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 786 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 795 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 810 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 943 ha | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 1,017 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 1,017 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,036 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 978 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 1,004 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 857 ha | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 760 ha | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 946 ha | +24.5% |
| 2012 | 919 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 886 ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 836 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 885 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 834 ha | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 558 ha | -33.1% |
| 2018 | 310 ha | -44.4% |
| 2019 | 280 ha | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 270 ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 290 ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 290 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 270 ha | -6.9% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 270 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 2% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 270 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 1% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,131 ha | 12,102 ha | 20,936 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,094 ha | 5,822 ha | 20,051 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,082 ha | 2,376 ha | 5,685 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,508 ha | 744 ha | 2,345 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 924.3 ha | 786 ha | 1,036 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 721.4 ha | 280 ha | 946 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 284 ha | 270 ha | 300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Cyprus was 270 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 20,936 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 270 ha in 2021.
- How does Cyprus rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 157th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.