Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 72 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Suriname, 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 Suriname is 72 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 44.0% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 376 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 29 ha, in 2021.
That places Suriname 179th out of 182 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 | 259.11 ha | 165 ha | 376 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 161.9 ha | 124 ha | 256 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77.4 ha | 36 ha | 191 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 178.8 ha | 83 ha | 227 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.3 ha | 75 ha | 106 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 111.3 ha | 37 ha | 166 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.2 ha | 29 ha | 75 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 176 New Caledonia 109 ha compare
- 177 Puerto Rico 95 ha compare
- 178 Guadeloupe 80 ha compare
- 180 Saint Lucia 24 ha compare
- 181 Bahrain 1 ha compare
- 182 Malta 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
- Rural population 34.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 218,901 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 299.02 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,586 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Suriname?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Suriname was 72 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 376 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 29 ha in 2021.
- How does Suriname rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 179th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.