Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 30.83 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 30.83 million ha.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 40.61 million ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 23.75 million ha, in 1969.
That places Southern Asia 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26.52 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 26.80 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 27.04 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 27.10 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 26.35 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 24.93 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 25.26 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 25.18 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 23.75 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1970 | 24.79 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 24.72 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 24.79 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 24.85 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 26.26 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 25.31 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 27.00 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 26.46 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 26.81 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 26.73 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 26.27 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 25.40 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 26.62 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 26.62 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 26.92 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 26.61 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 27.61 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 26.00 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 25.10 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 27.07 million ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 26.87 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 40.61 million ha | +51.1% |
| 1992 | 39.23 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 37.18 million ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 36.14 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 37.33 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 31.67 million ha | -15.1% |
| 1997 | 26.07 million ha | -17.7% |
| 1998 | 26.42 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 26.47 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 25.42 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 23.90 million ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 24.70 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 25.65 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 26.30 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 25.37 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 25.56 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 27.28 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 24.93 million ha | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 25.85 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 27.84 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 28.07 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 26.12 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 26.50 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 27.70 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 27.81 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 30.89 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 31.90 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 33.47 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 30.66 million ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 30.82 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 32.60 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 31.71 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 31.32 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 30.83 million ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.88 million ha | 23.75 million ha | 27.10 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.77 million ha | 24.72 million ha | 27.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.42 million ha | 25.10 million ha | 27.61 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.80 million ha | 26.07 million ha | 40.61 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.49 million ha | 23.90 million ha | 27.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.10 million ha | 26.12 million ha | 33.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.45 million ha | 30.82 million ha | 32.60 million ha | 5 |
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 2.45 million ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 15.50 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 11,729 kg/ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 1.32 million ha (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production 130,062 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Southern Asia was 30.83 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 40.61 million ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.75 million ha in 1969.
- How does Southern Asia rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.