Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 856,494 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 856,494 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 4.20 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 418,420 ha, in 2008.
That places Southern Europe 23rd out of 29 groups 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.20 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 4.13 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 4.07 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 3.84 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 3.69 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 2.90 million ha | -21.5% |
| 1967 | 2.74 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 2.58 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 2.42 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 2.31 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 2.06 million ha | -10.9% |
| 1972 | 1.98 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 1.86 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 1.81 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 1.70 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 1.59 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 1.46 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 1.48 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1.43 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 1.38 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 1.31 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 1.26 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 1.22 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 1.14 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 1.08 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 978,086 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 946,656 ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 844,065 ha | -10.8% |
| 1989 | 861,631 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 763,549 ha | -11.4% |
| 1991 | 790,043 ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 586,834 ha | -25.7% |
| 1993 | 537,224 ha | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 661,371 ha | +23.1% |
| 1995 | 798,503 ha | +20.7% |
| 1996 | 1.01 million ha | +26.1% |
| 1997 | 850,090 ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 771,673 ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 749,398 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 702,565 ha | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 694,289 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 782,116 ha | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 805,544 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 807,003 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 730,663 ha | -9.5% |
| 2006 | 536,312 ha | -26.6% |
| 2007 | 496,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 418,420 ha | -15.7% |
| 2009 | 518,766 ha | +24.0% |
| 2010 | 579,500 ha | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 647,622 ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 591,214 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 500,712 ha | -15.3% |
| 2014 | 605,539 ha | +20.9% |
| 2015 | 666,295 ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 674,868 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 813,920 ha | +20.6% |
| 2018 | 810,777 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 755,302 ha | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 700,514 ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 688,760 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 678,172 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 906,586 ha | +33.7% |
| 2024 | 856,494 ha | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.40 million ha | 2.42 million ha | 4.20 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.77 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 2.31 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.10 million ha | 844,065 ha | 1.38 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 751,530 ha | 537,224 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 649,218 ha | 418,420 ha | 807,003 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 664,575 ha | 500,712 ha | 813,920 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 766,105 ha | 678,172 ha | 906,586 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Southern Europe was 856,494 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4.20 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 418,420 ha in 2008.
- How does Southern Europe rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.