Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 3,145 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
3,145 ha
Change on year
down 0.8%
Rank
17th
of 17 regions
All-time high
18,610 ha
in 2008
All-time low
3,145 ha
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1961–2024

5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic is 3,145 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 64.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 18,610 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,145 ha, in 2024.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year

Annual values for Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 10,000 ha
1962 10,200 ha +2.0%
1963 10,300 ha +1.0%
1964 10,300 ha +0.0%
1965 10,400 ha +1.0%
1966 10,400 ha +0.0%
1967 10,500 ha +1.0%
1968 10,800 ha +2.9%
1969 10,800 ha +0.0%
1970 10,800 ha +0.0%
1971 10,800 ha +0.0%
1972 10,500 ha -2.8%
1973 10,800 ha +2.9%
1974 10,900 ha +0.9%
1975 11,000 ha +0.9%
1976 10,900 ha -0.9%
1977 11,500 ha +5.5%
1978 11,900 ha +3.5%
1979 12,500 ha +5.0%
1980 12,910 ha +3.3%
1981 13,000 ha +0.7%
1982 13,000 ha +0.0%
1983 13,000 ha +0.0%
1984 13,000 ha +0.0%
1985 13,418 ha +3.2%
1986 13,250 ha -1.3%
1987 14,790 ha +11.6%
1988 14,463 ha -2.2%
1989 15,921 ha +10.1%
1990 15,602 ha -2.0%
1991 15,025 ha -3.7%
1992 15,770 ha +5.0%
1993 15,190 ha -3.7%
1994 15,030 ha -1.1%
1995 16,321 ha +8.6%
1996 14,893 ha -8.7%
1997 15,495 ha +4.0%
1998 15,789 ha +1.9%
1999 15,535 ha -1.6%
2000 15,300 ha -1.5%
2001 16,360 ha +6.9%
2002 17,621 ha +7.7%
2003 17,739 ha +0.7%
2004 16,620 ha -6.3%
2005 17,215 ha +3.6%
2006 17,065 ha -0.9%
2007 16,950 ha -0.7%
2008 18,610 ha +9.8%
2009 18,250 ha -1.9%
2010 16,439 ha -9.9%
2011 15,298 ha -6.9%
2012 12,782 ha -16.4%
2013 10,476 ha -18.0%
2014 8,731 ha -16.7%
2015 7,177 ha -17.8%
2016 5,805 ha -19.1%
2017 4,660 ha -19.7%
2018 4,965 ha +6.5%
2019 5,651 ha +13.8%
2020 5,239 ha -7.3%
2021 4,825 ha -7.9%
2022 3,622 ha -24.9%
2023 3,170 ha -12.5%
2024 3,145 ha -0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 10,411 ha 10,000 ha 10,800 ha 9
1970s 11,160 ha 10,500 ha 12,500 ha 10
1980s 13,675 ha 12,910 ha 15,921 ha 10
1990s 15,465 ha 14,893 ha 16,321 ha 10
2000s 17,173 ha 15,300 ha 18,610 ha 10
2010s 9,198 ha 4,660 ha 16,439 ha 10
2020s 4,000 ha 3,145 ha 5,239 ha 5

Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic

  1. 14 Kenya 1.82 million ha compare
  2. 15 Burkina Faso 1.60 million ha compare
  3. 16 Ethiopia 1.58 million ha compare
  4. 16 Timor-Leste 7,627 ha compare
  5. 17 Mexico 1.52 million ha compare
  6. 18 Pakistan 1.17 million ha compare
  7. 19 Kazakhstan 978,777 ha compare
  8. 20 Uganda 963,736 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is pulses, total — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Pulses, total — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 3,145 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The highest recorded value was 18,610 ha in 2008.
What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 3,145 ha in 2024.
How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 17th out of 17 regions with data for 2024.
Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Over the last ten years it is down 64.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic 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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Indicator
Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 12,296 data points, 1961–2024
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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.