Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 1.14 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 1.14 million ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 2.64 million ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 877,170 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 16th out of 36 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 920,966 ha | 877,170 ha | 984,903 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.03 million ha | 935,495 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.84 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 2.62 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.32 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 2.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.76 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 2.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.18 million ha | 1.05 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 13 Mozambique 2.01 million ha compare
- 14 Kenya 1.82 million ha compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 1.60 million ha compare
- 16 Ethiopia 1.58 million ha compare
- 17 Mexico 1.52 million ha compare
- 18 Pakistan 1.17 million ha compare
- 19 Kazakhstan 978,777 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 35.84 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 13,182 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Western Asia was 1.14 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.64 million ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 877,170 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 16th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.