Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 71,870 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 71,870 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 84,195 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 36,000 ha, in 1969.
Philippines ranks 75th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Philippines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 71,140 ha | — |
| 1962 | 47,000 ha | -33.9% |
| 1963 | 48,200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 45,400 ha | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 43,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 42,100 ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 37,100 ha | -11.9% |
| 1968 | 37,900 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 36,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 44,200 ha | +22.8% |
| 1971 | 43,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 43,340 ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 45,480 ha | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 42,150 ha | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 47,420 ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 51,570 ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 52,440 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 53,890 ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 54,170 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 56,940 ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 61,273 ha | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 63,286 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 58,766 ha | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 59,409 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 61,110 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 61,981 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 62,126 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 65,171 ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 68,187 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 69,193 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 66,371 ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 65,026 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 65,174 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 71,050 ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 77,670 ha | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 77,009 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 76,869 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 77,276 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 77,348 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 76,608 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 74,706 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 73,052 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 72,171 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 72,850 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 72,145 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 72,911 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 75,667 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 78,895 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 78,517 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 79,503 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 84,195 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 83,212 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 82,438 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 81,946 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 76,060 ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 78,787 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 79,426 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 79,397 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 80,104 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 80,226 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 78,739 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 78,642 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 78,226 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 71,870 ha | -8.1% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 71,870 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,525 ha, 3.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 71,870 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 30,242 ha, 2.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Philippines changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | -33.9% | 71,140 ha | 47,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,316 ha | 36,000 ha | 71,140 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,806 ha | 42,150 ha | 54,170 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,825 ha | 56,940 ha | 68,187 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,299 ha | 65,026 ha | 77,670 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,752 ha | 72,145 ha | 78,895 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,507 ha | 76,060 ha | 84,195 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,541 ha | 71,870 ha | 80,226 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Philippines?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Philippines was 71,870 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 84,195 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,000 ha in 1969.
- How does Philippines rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 75th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.