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 130th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,621 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 5,143 ha | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 5,345 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 5,361 ha | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 5,742 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 4,900 ha | -14.7% |
| 1969 | 5,666 ha | +15.6% |
| 1970 | 5,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 6,632 ha | +16.4% |
| 1972 | 7,273 ha | +9.7% |
| 1973 | 5,842 ha | -19.7% |
| 1974 | 4,733 ha | -19.0% |
| 1975 | 5,162 ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 5,570 ha | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 5,582 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 5,882 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 5,219 ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 5,488 ha | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 5,373 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 5,591 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 3,985 ha | -28.7% |
| 1984 | 4,587 ha | +15.1% |
| 1985 | 4,658 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 6,600 ha | +41.7% |
| 1987 | 7,600 ha | +15.2% |
| 1988 | 9,691 ha | +27.5% |
| 1989 | 9,180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 12,368 ha | +34.7% |
| 1991 | 6,631 ha | -46.4% |
| 1992 | 6,288 ha | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 7,081 ha | +12.6% |
| 1994 | 7,195 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 7,847 ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 7,606 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 7,162 ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 7,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7,480 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 6,859 ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 6,250 ha | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 5,998 ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 5,940 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 5,600 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 6,185 ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 5,808 ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 6,050 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 6,400 ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 6,720 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 6,444 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 6,450 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 6,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 5,716 ha | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 5,028 ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 4,703 ha | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 4,774 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 4,812 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 4,709 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 4,722 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 4,739 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 4,735 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,743 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,743 ha | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 4,743 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 4% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 4,743 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 3% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
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
- 127 Solomon Islands 6,061 ha compare
- 128 China, Taiwan Province of 5,507 ha compare
- 129 Liberia 5,347 ha compare
- 131 Saudi Arabia 4,550 ha compare
- 132 Libya 4,372 ha compare
- 133 Malaysia 4,261 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
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 130th out of 169 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.