Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 49,999 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 49,999 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 83,636 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 41,561 ha, in 2008.
That places Eritrea 82nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 63,054 ha | — |
| 1994 | 69,627 ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 79,990 ha | +14.9% |
| 1996 | 76,702 ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 72,294 ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 77,193 ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 78,888 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 77,422 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 83,636 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 70,006 ha | -16.3% |
| 2003 | 58,875 ha | -15.9% |
| 2004 | 76,071 ha | +29.2% |
| 2005 | 82,317 ha | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 58,655 ha | -28.7% |
| 2007 | 51,825 ha | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 41,561 ha | -19.8% |
| 2009 | 56,776 ha | +36.6% |
| 2010 | 55,848 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 52,341 ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 51,721 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 51,777 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 52,587 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 50,375 ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 50,564 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 50,480 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 50,539 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 50,287 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 49,372 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 50,082 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 50,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 49,878 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 49,999 ha | +0.2% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 49,999 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 244,843 ha, 20% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 49,999 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 31% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +36.6% | 41,561 ha | 56,776 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73,964 ha | 63,054 ha | 79,990 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 65,714 ha | 41,561 ha | 83,636 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,652 ha | 50,287 ha | 55,848 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,866 ha | 49,372 ha | 50,082 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Eritrea was 49,999 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 83,636 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,561 ha in 2008.
- How does Eritrea rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 82nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.