Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 2.80 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Middle Africa is 2.80 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 2.80 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 580,090 ha, in 1967.
That places Middle Africa 13th out of 36 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 594,124 ha | 580,090 ha | 602,817 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 670,125 ha | 625,974 ha | 715,076 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 676,959 ha | 629,868 ha | 739,760 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 844,088 ha | 642,266 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.23 million ha | 1.04 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.32 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 2.57 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.63 million ha | 2.51 million ha | 2.80 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 10 China 2.63 million ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 2.62 million ha compare
- 12 Russian Federation 2.21 million ha compare
- 13 Mozambique 2.01 million ha compare
- 14 Kenya 1.82 million ha compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 1.60 million ha compare
- 16 Ethiopia 1.58 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 7.03 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 511,443 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Middle Africa was 2.80 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.80 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 580,090 ha in 1967.
- How does Middle Africa rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 13th out of 36 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.