Pulses, Total — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Pulses, Total — Production is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 25.40 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 62,720 t, and the mean is 613,477 t.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 1,192.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Pulses, Total — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 25.40 million t | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 2 | Canada | 6.14 million t | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 5.44 million t | 2024 | up 157.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia | 5.41 million t | 2024 | up 159.9% | volatile |
| 5 | USSR | 5.14 million t | 1991 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 6 | China | 4.92 million t | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 7 | China, mainland | 4.91 million t | 2024 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 8 | Nigeria | 4.36 million t | 2024 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 4.17 million t | 2024 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 10 | Myanmar | 3.21 million t | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 3.16 million t | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Brazil | 3.03 million t | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 13 | Niger | 2.85 million t | 2024 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 14 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.99 million t | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 1.36 million t | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 16 | Türkiye | 1.28 million t | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 1,192.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Kenya | 1.20 million t | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 1.15 million t | 2024 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 20 | Mozambique | 1.03 million t | 2024 | up 179.7% | volatile |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.02 million t | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Malawi | 842,697 t | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 841,760 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Argentina | 840,892 t | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Uganda | 836,988 t | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 814,909 t | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Germany | 814,800 t | 2024 | up 172.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 711,401 t | 2024 | up 100.7% | rising |
| 29 | Ethiopia PDR | 706,015 t | 1992 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 680,403 t | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 605,060 t | 2024 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 587,410 t | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Sudan | 579,294 t | 2024 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 34 | Burundi | 520,001 t | 2024 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 35 | Ghana | 516,522 t | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Rwanda | 490,563 t | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 37 | Lithuania | 489,390 t | 2024 | up 143.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Pakistan | 486,330 t | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 39 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 460,835 t | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 40 | Mali | 426,851 t | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 401,794 t | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 42 | Angola | 371,160 t | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Czechoslovakia | 360,334 t | 1992 | up 143.4% | rising |
| 44 | Belarus | 354,168 t | 2024 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 45 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 328,079 t | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 46 | Egypt | 321,730 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 47 | Sudan (former) | 311,293 t | 2011 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 310,009 t | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 49 | Viet Nam | 279,795 t | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 272,095 t | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 51 | Caribbean | 261,042 t | 2024 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 52 | Togo | 259,995 t | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Yugoslav SFR | 241,294 t | 1991 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 54 | Chad | 226,128 t | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Thailand | 215,891 t | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 56 | Syrian Arab Republic | 214,707 t | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | 213,002 t | 2024 | up 422.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Benin | 200,406 t | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Morocco | 194,072 t | 2024 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 60 | Latvia | 193,700 t | 2024 | up 479.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Italy | 185,580 t | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Indonesia | 185,014 t | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 63 | Greece | 178,360 t | 2024 | up 220.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 177,447 t | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 172,822 t | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Yemen | 170,863 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 170,209 t | 2024 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Honduras | 159,710 t | 2024 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 69 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 153,973 t | 2024 | up 824.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Madagascar | 151,282 t | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 71 | Estonia | 148,740 t | 2024 | up 276.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Colombia | 145,349 t | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 73 | Serbia and Montenegro | 139,966 t | 2005 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 138,533 t | 2024 | up 130.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Romania | 126,080 t | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Sweden | 125,660 t | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 121,221 t | 2024 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Tunisia | 119,182 t | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 116,528 t | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 80 | Finland | 116,500 t | 2024 | up 720.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Algeria | 114,846 t | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 82 | Denmark | 111,000 t | 2024 | up 234.3% | volatile |
| 83 | El Salvador | 100,356 t | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Czechia | 97,080 t | 2024 | up 73.8% | falling |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 96,475 t | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 89,957 t | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 87 | Ireland | 87,520 t | 2024 | up 324.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Cambodia | 81,977 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 75,897 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Zambia | 73,399 t | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Malaysia | 62,894 t | 2024 | — | rising |
| 92 | Philippines | 62,546 t | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 93 | Guinea | 58,233 t | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 55,095 t | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Côte d'Ivoire | 54,159 t | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Japan | 53,588 t | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritania | 52,972 t | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 98 | Serbia | 52,258 t | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 99 | Austria | 49,430 t | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Cuba | 47,463 t | 2024 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Chile | 46,379 t | 2024 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 42,564 t | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Paraguay | 41,230 t | 2024 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 104 | Belgium | 41,000 t | 2024 | up 601.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 39,430 t | 2024 | up 988.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Republic of Moldova | 37,474 t | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36,580 t | 2024 | up 91.6% | rising |
| 108 | South Sudan | 35,539 t | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 109 | Eritrea | 35,223 t | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 110 | Hungary | 33,080 t | 2024 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Slovakia | 27,950 t | 2024 | up 90.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Somalia | 27,393 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Albania | 27,221 t | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 114 | New Zealand | 26,150 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 115 | Ecuador | 24,744 t | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 116 | Namibia | 22,999 t | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 21,300 t | 2024 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 20,221 t | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 19,507 t | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 120 | Croatia | 19,200 t | 2024 | up 464.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 17,907 t | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Botswana | 15,845 t | 2024 | up 132.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 15,809 t | 1999 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Saudi Arabia | 15,244 t | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 125 | Republic of Korea | 14,401 t | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Lebanon | 12,719 t | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Portugal | 12,360 t | 2024 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Melanesia | 12,176 t | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Congo | 11,385 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 11,050 t | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 131 | Timor-Leste | 10,780 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 132 | China, Taiwan Province of | 10,715 t | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Comoros | 10,317 t | 2024 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Jordan | 9,635 t | 2024 | up 243.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Norway | 8,700 t | 2024 | up 283.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Switzerland | 8,184 t | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Israel | 8,169 t | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Libya | 7,470 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 139 | Panama | 6,791 t | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 6,645 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Uruguay | 6,516 t | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 142 | Belize | 6,265 t | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5,356 t | 2024 | down 50.3% | rising |
| 144 | Palestine | 5,301 t | 2022 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 145 | Djibouti | 5,009 t | 2024 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Cabo Verde | 4,948 t | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Georgia | 4,281 t | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 3,999 t | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 149 | Liberia | 3,911 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 3,869 t | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 151 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3,720 t | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Iraq | 3,571 t | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Armenia | 3,234 t | 2024 | down 40.7% | flat |
| 154 | Gambia | 2,881 t | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 155 | Eswatini | 2,752 t | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 156 | Bhutan | 2,726 t | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Jamaica | 1,850 t | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Montenegro | 1,715 t | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,701 t | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 160 | Lesotho | 1,684 t | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Barbados | 1,680 t | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 162 | Fiji | 1,531 t | 2024 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Mongolia | 1,417 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Guyana | 1,314 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 1,180 t | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 166 | Slovenia | 1,070 t | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Martinique | 1,066 t | 2006 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 676.74 t | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Gabon | 437.08 t | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Cyprus | 420 t | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Grenada | 273.82 t | 2024 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 241.04 t | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 173 | Puerto Rico | 235.15 t | 2024 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Dominica | 205.96 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 175 | Bahamas | 179.94 t | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Maldives | 101.06 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 177 | Suriname | 67.53 t | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 51.07 t | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 179 | Bahrain | 40 t | 2024 | up 312.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 30 t | 2006 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 1.03 t | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Malta | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 97.07 million t
- Asia 40.27 million t
- Southern Asia 27.49 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 23.87 million t
- Africa 23.57 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 20.55 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 19.03 million t
- Americas 15.96 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 12.65 million t
- Europe 11.82 million t
- Eastern Africa 10.45 million t
- Western Africa 9.92 million t
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.