Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 973 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Guyana stood at 973 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 2,700 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 85 ha, in 1961.
That places Guyana 149th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85 ha | — |
| 1962 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 167 ha | +96.5% |
| 1965 | 123 ha | -26.3% |
| 1966 | 140 ha | +13.8% |
| 1967 | 132 ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 123 ha | -6.8% |
| 1969 | 141 ha | +14.6% |
| 1970 | 162 ha | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 219 ha | +35.2% |
| 1972 | 222 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 379 ha | +70.7% |
| 1974 | 1,214 ha | +220.3% |
| 1975 | 1,457 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 1,140 ha | -21.8% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +75.4% |
| 1978 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 2,600 ha | +13.0% |
| 1980 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | -30.8% |
| 1982 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 2,100 ha | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 2,150 ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | -12.0% |
| 1988 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 2,179 ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 2,129 ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 2,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 2,014 ha | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 1,951 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 1,700 ha | -12.9% |
| 1997 | 2,700 ha | +58.8% |
| 1998 | 1,784 ha | -33.9% |
| 1999 | 1,691 ha | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 1,700 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 2,221 ha | +30.6% |
| 2002 | 2,084 ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 1,945 ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 1,824 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 1,896 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 1,718 ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 1,795 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,762 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,727 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,686 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,601 ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 1,340 ha | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 1,340 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,092 ha | -18.5% |
| 2015 | 1,022 ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 967 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 989 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1,061 ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 975 ha | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 979 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 981 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 977 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 976 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 973 ha | -0.3% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 973 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 6% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 973 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,808 ha, 7% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +220.3% | 379 ha | 1,214 ha |
| 1964 | +96.5% | 85 ha | 167 ha |
| 1977 | +75.4% | 1,140 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1973 | +70.7% | 222 ha | 379 ha |
| 1997 | +58.8% | 1,700 ha | 2,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 120.11 ha | 85 ha | 167 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,169 ha | 162 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,165 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,060 ha | 1,691 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,867 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,221 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,207 ha | 967 ha | 1,686 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 977.2 ha | 973 ha | 981 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Guyana?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Guyana was 973 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,700 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 85 ha in 1961.
- How does Guyana rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 149th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.