Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 21,288 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Namibia, 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 Namibia is 21,288 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 21,411 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Namibia 97th out of 169 countries 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,900 ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 7,300 ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 7,100 ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 7,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 8,100 ha | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 9,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 10,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 10,406 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 10,861 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 11,807 ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 12,007 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 12,603 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 13,527 ha | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 14,040 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 14,288 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 14,967 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 15,080 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 15,540 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 16,080 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 16,585 ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 17,345 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 18,080 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 17,075 ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 21,078 ha | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 20,431 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 19,532 ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 20,256 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 21,030 ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 21,265 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 21,411 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 21,237 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 21,305 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 21,319 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 21,288 ha | -0.1% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 21,288 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 17% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 21,288 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 13% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,589 ha | 4,500 ha | 4,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,550 ha | 4,800 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,540 ha | 6,500 ha | 6,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,557 ha | 7,100 ha | 10,861 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,994 ha | 11,807 ha | 16,080 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,268 ha | 16,585 ha | 21,265 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,312 ha | 21,237 ha | 21,411 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Namibia?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Namibia was 21,288 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,411 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 97th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia 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.