Pulses, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Pulses, Total — Production was 5.44 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
5.44 million t
Change on year
up 33.6%
World rank
3rd
of 169 countries
All-time high
5.44 million t
in 2024
All-time low
38,387 t
in 1965
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Pulses, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024

02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Australia and New Zealand recorded 5.44 million t for pulses, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.6% on the previous year and up 157.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pulses, total — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 5.44 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38,387 t, in 1965.

That places Australia and New Zealand 3rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Pulses, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Pulses, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 47,974 t
1962 45,096 t -6.0%
1963 50,388 t +11.7%
1964 52,007 t +3.2%
1965 38,387 t -26.2%
1966 49,475 t +28.9%
1967 43,085 t -12.9%
1968 63,478 t +47.3%
1969 87,378 t +37.7%
1970 91,507 t +4.7%
1971 122,866 t +34.3%
1972 90,897 t -26.0%
1973 133,847 t +47.3%
1974 162,502 t +21.4%
1975 182,225 t +12.1%
1976 115,202 t -36.8%
1977 105,993 t -8.0%
1978 170,386 t +60.8%
1979 203,636 t +19.5%
1980 243,099 t +19.4%
1981 316,452 t +30.2%
1982 301,184 t -4.8%
1983 614,447 t +104.0%
1984 861,649 t +40.2%
1985 930,798 t +8.0%
1986 1.54 million t +66.0%
1987 1.61 million t +4.2%
1988 1.70 million t +5.7%
1989 1.43 million t -16.1%
1990 1.42 million t -0.6%
1991 1.93 million t +36.4%
1992 2.08 million t +7.9%
1993 2.51 million t +20.4%
1994 1.53 million t -38.9%
1995 2.64 million t +72.3%
1996 2.60 million t -1.5%
1997 2.39 million t -8.1%
1998 2.57 million t +7.4%
1999 3.05 million t +18.7%
2000 2.21 million t -27.5%
2001 2.59 million t +17.0%
2002 1.33 million t -48.7%
2003 2.34 million t +76.3%
2004 1.69 million t -27.6%
2005 2.71 million t +59.8%
2006 1.08 million t -60.1%
2007 1.57 million t +45.1%
2008 1.67 million t +6.5%
2009 2.10 million t +26.1%
2010 2.54 million t +20.6%
2011 2.65 million t +4.6%
2012 2.22 million t -16.2%
2013 2.25 million t +1.1%
2014 2.11 million t -6.0%
2015 2.42 million t +14.7%
2016 4.50 million t +85.9%
2017 3.29 million t -26.9%
2018 2.23 million t -32.2%
2019 1.95 million t -12.4%
2020 3.33 million t +70.4%
2021 4.39 million t +31.8%
2022 5.15 million t +17.4%
2023 4.07 million t -20.9%
2024 5.44 million t +33.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 53,030 t 38,387 t 87,378 t 9
1970s 137,906 t 90,897 t 203,636 t 10
1980s 954,789 t 243,099 t 1.70 million t 10
1990s 2.27 million t 1.42 million t 3.05 million t 10
2000s 1.93 million t 1.08 million t 2.71 million t 10
2010s 2.62 million t 1.95 million t 4.50 million t 10
2020s 4.48 million t 3.33 million t 5.44 million t 5

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 1 India 25.40 million t compare
  2. 2 Canada 6.14 million t compare
  3. 4 Australia 5.41 million t compare
  4. 5 Türkiye 1.28 million t compare
  5. 5 USSR 5.14 million t compare
  6. 6 China 4.92 million t compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is pulses, total — production in Australia and New Zealand?
Pulses, total — production in Australia and New Zealand was 5.44 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest pulses, total — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 5.44 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest pulses, total — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 38,387 t in 1965.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for pulses, total — production?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 3rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
Is pulses, total — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 157.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Pulses, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 12,284 data points, 1961–2024
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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.