Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 1.52 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Mexico stood at 1.52 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 75.1% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 2.46 million ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 869,415 ha, in 2023.
Mexico ranks 18th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.09 million ha | 1.82 million ha | 2.46 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.90 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 2.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.93 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 2.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.04 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 2.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.76 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 2.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.65 million ha | 974,662 ha | 1.91 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.49 million ha | 869,415 ha | 1.81 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 15 Burkina Faso 1.60 million ha compare
- 16 Ethiopia 1.58 million ha compare
- 17 United Republic of Tanzania 1.55 million ha compare
- 19 Pakistan 1.17 million ha compare
- 20 Kazakhstan 978,777 ha compare
- 21 Uganda 963,736 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Mexico?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Mexico was 1.52 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 2.46 million ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 869,415 ha in 2023.
- How does Mexico rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 18th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.