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 92nd out of 182 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.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture share gdp 14.12 (2009)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.12 (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 262.24 million current US$ (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 2.36 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Aquaculture farmed fish production 25.97 (2024)
- Cereal yield 638 kg per hectare (2024)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 25.97 (2024)
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 92nd out of 182 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.