Pulses, Total — Production in Northern America

Northern America: Pulses, Total — Production was 8.98 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
8.98 million t
Change on year
up 23.4%
Rank
6th
of 10 groups
All-time high
11.76 million t
in 2016
All-time low
942,972 t
in 1977
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Pulses, Total — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for pulses, total — production in Northern America is 8.98 million t, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 23.4% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pulses, total — production in Northern America peaked at 11.76 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 942,972 t, in 1977.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.15 million t 994,878 t 1.26 million t 9
1970s 1.15 million t 942,972 t 1.33 million t 10
1980s 1.70 million t 1.16 million t 2.36 million t 10
1990s 3.53 million t 2.22 million t 5.41 million t 10
2000s 5.78 million t 3.94 million t 7.50 million t 10
2010s 8.79 million t 5.81 million t 11.76 million t 10
2020s 8.39 million t 6.01 million t 11.15 million t 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 3 Australia and New Zealand 5.44 million t compare
  2. 4 Australia 5.41 million t compare
  3. 5 USSR 5.14 million t compare
  4. 6 China, People's Republic of 4.92 million t compare
  5. 7 China, mainland 4.91 million t compare
  6. 8 Nigeria 4.36 million t compare
  7. 9 Russian Federation 4.17 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is pulses, total — production in Northern America?
Pulses, total — production in Northern America was 8.98 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest pulses, total — production recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 11.76 million t in 2016.
What is the lowest pulses, total — production recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 942,972 t in 1977.
How does Northern America rank for pulses, total — production?
Northern America ranks 6th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is pulses, total — production rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Northern America 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.