Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 3.04 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Eastern Asia is 3.04 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 11.65 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 2.81 million ha, in 2014.
Eastern Asia ranks 12th of 36 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.32 million ha | 8.08 million ha | 11.65 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.56 million ha | 5.51 million ha | 8.19 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.16 million ha | 4.65 million ha | 5.91 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.53 million ha | 3.06 million ha | 4.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.71 million ha | 3.20 million ha | 4.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.03 million ha | 2.81 million ha | 3.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.06 million ha | 3.04 million ha | 3.08 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 9 Brazil 2.66 million ha compare
- 10 China (People’s Republic of) 2.63 million ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 2.62 million ha compare
- 12 Russian Federation 2.21 million ha compare
- 13 Mozambique 2.01 million ha compare
- 14 Kenya 1.82 million ha compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 1.60 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.38 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.10 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 62.75 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Sheep fat, unrendered — Production 119,255 t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 283.96 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 3.04 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.65 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.81 million ha in 2014.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 12th out of 36 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.