Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 95 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 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 Puerto Rico is 95 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 53.2% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 12,332 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 48 ha, in 2022.
That places Puerto Rico 164th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 9,289 ha | 4,512 ha | 12,332 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,335 ha | 3,255 ha | 7,381 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,090 ha | 3,642 ha | 7,185 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,644 ha | 160 ha | 3,617 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 272.8 ha | 157 ha | 351 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 253.1 ha | 91 ha | 496 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.2 ha | 48 ha | 112 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 161 Bahamas 135 ha compare
- 162 Maldives 119 ha compare
- 163 New Caledonia 109 ha compare
- 165 Guadeloupe 80 ha compare
- 166 Suriname 72 ha compare
- 167 Saint Lucia 24 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 95 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 12,332 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 ha in 2022.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 164th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.