Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 4,743 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 4,743 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 12,368 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,985 ha, in 1983.
That places Eswatini 143rd out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,364 ha | 4,900 ha | 5,742 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,760 ha | 4,733 ha | 7,273 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,275 ha | 3,985 ha | 9,691 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,718 ha | 6,288 ha | 12,368 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,257 ha | 5,600 ha | 7,480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,586 ha | 4,703 ha | 6,720 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,736 ha | 4,722 ha | 4,743 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 140 Solomon Islands 6,061 ha compare
- 141 China, Taiwan Province of 5,507 ha compare
- 142 Liberia 5,347 ha compare
- 144 Saudi Arabia 4,550 ha compare
- 145 Libya 4,372 ha compare
- 146 Malaysia 4,261 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture share gdp 6.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
- Rural population 73.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 920,507 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 330.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,363 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Eswatini was 4,743 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 12,368 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,985 ha in 1983.
- How does Eswatini rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 143rd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.