Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 119,350 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 119,350 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 16.9% on the previous year and up 140.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Romania peaked at 1.79 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 35,334 ha, in 2001.
Romania ranks 61st of 169 countries on this measure, 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.53 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.61 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 1.79 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 1.78 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 1.62 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1966 | 1.65 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 1.60 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 1.47 million ha | -8.0% |
| 1969 | 1.30 million ha | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 1.31 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 1.17 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1972 | 1.18 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 955,900 ha | -19.1% |
| 1974 | 979,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 903,500 ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 837,800 ha | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 694,000 ha | -17.2% |
| 1978 | 642,272 ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 425,891 ha | -33.7% |
| 1980 | 491,205 ha | +15.3% |
| 1981 | 431,229 ha | -12.2% |
| 1982 | 452,889 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 666,057 ha | +47.1% |
| 1984 | 684,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 278,000 ha | -59.4% |
| 1986 | 296,400 ha | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 296,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 309,900 ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 311,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 129,442 ha | -58.4% |
| 1991 | 81,197 ha | -37.3% |
| 1992 | 68,995 ha | -15.0% |
| 1993 | 66,345 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 66,690 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 62,801 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 67,243 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 49,267 ha | -26.7% |
| 1998 | 43,441 ha | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 45,602 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 38,443 ha | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 35,334 ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 42,062 ha | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 45,666 ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 70,099 ha | +53.5% |
| 2005 | 70,335 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 75,828 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 60,784 ha | -19.8% |
| 2008 | 54,505 ha | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 52,460 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 48,138 ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 53,154 ha | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 55,014 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 51,986 ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 49,697 ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 53,722 ha | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 59,945 ha | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 120,037 ha | +100.2% |
| 2018 | 134,300 ha | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 116,860 ha | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 108,540 ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 85,610 ha | -21.1% |
| 2022 | 76,520 ha | -10.6% |
| 2023 | 102,090 ha | +33.4% |
| 2024 | 119,350 ha | +16.9% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 119,350 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 7.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Romania's 119,350 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 5.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +100.2% | 59,945 ha | 120,037 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.60 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 1.79 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 909,956 ha | 425,891 ha | 1.31 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 421,758 ha | 278,000 ha | 684,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,102 ha | 43,441 ha | 129,442 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,552 ha | 35,334 ha | 75,828 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,285 ha | 48,138 ha | 134,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 98,422 ha | 76,520 ha | 119,350 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Romania?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Romania was 119,350 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.79 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,334 ha in 2001.
- How does Romania rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 61st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 140.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.