Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 810,880 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 810,880 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 105.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 811,741 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 66,109 ha, in 1963.
Northern Europe ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,780 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,727 ha | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 66,109 ha | -12.7% |
| 1964 | 68,768 ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 70,290 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 72,376 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 93,935 ha | +29.8% |
| 1968 | 137,232 ha | +46.1% |
| 1969 | 144,267 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 140,414 ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 119,369 ha | -15.0% |
| 1972 | 96,477 ha | -19.2% |
| 1973 | 100,277 ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 114,604 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 88,953 ha | -22.4% |
| 1976 | 93,911 ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 95,335 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 98,591 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 104,358 ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 103,466 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 91,840 ha | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 101,529 ha | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 147,941 ha | +45.7% |
| 1984 | 223,758 ha | +51.2% |
| 1985 | 313,042 ha | +39.9% |
| 1986 | 338,807 ha | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 474,218 ha | +40.0% |
| 1988 | 459,894 ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 386,682 ha | -15.9% |
| 1990 | 378,217 ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 360,363 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 409,243 ha | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 438,134 ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 398,988 ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 336,497 ha | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 329,216 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 410,281 ha | +24.6% |
| 1998 | 473,165 ha | +15.3% |
| 1999 | 373,950 ha | -21.0% |
| 2000 | 332,957 ha | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 397,508 ha | +19.4% |
| 2002 | 379,620 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 335,156 ha | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 350,713 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 324,842 ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 323,374 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 243,550 ha | -24.7% |
| 2008 | 220,466 ha | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 324,731 ha | +47.3% |
| 2010 | 393,562 ha | +21.2% |
| 2011 | 319,285 ha | -18.9% |
| 2012 | 273,692 ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 310,174 ha | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 394,242 ha | +27.1% |
| 2015 | 566,476 ha | +43.7% |
| 2016 | 745,485 ha | +31.6% |
| 2017 | 773,348 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 688,675 ha | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 594,107 ha | -13.7% |
| 2020 | 669,046 ha | +12.6% |
| 2021 | 707,277 ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 742,419 ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 811,741 ha | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 810,880 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,943 ha | 66,109 ha | 144,267 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 105,229 ha | 88,953 ha | 140,414 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 264,118 ha | 91,840 ha | 474,218 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 390,805 ha | 329,216 ha | 473,165 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 323,292 ha | 220,466 ha | 397,508 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 505,905 ha | 273,692 ha | 773,348 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 748,273 ha | 669,046 ha | 811,741 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Northern Europe was 810,880 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 811,741 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 66,109 ha in 1963.
- How does Northern Europe rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.