Pulses, Total — Production in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Pulses, Total — Production was 118,389 t in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
118,389 t
Change on year
up 6.7%
Rank
30th
of 36 groups
All-time high
180,373 t
in 1967
All-time low
63,401 t
in 1992
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Pulses, Total — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Southern Africa recorded 118,389 t for pulses, total — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pulses, total — production in Southern Africa peaked at 180,373 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 63,401 t, in 1992.

Southern Africa ranks 30th of 36 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 140,944 t 110,205 t 180,373 t 9
1970s 140,376 t 111,236 t 171,229 t 10
1980s 145,273 t 97,681 t 179,473 t 10
1990s 106,325 t 63,401 t 180,028 t 10
2000s 113,171 t 86,496 t 147,486 t 10
2010s 111,037 t 82,904 t 135,146 t 10
2020s 135,061 t 110,940 t 162,828 t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 27 Ethiopia PDR 706,015 t compare
  2. 28 Cameroon 680,403 t compare
  3. 29 Spain 605,060 t compare
  4. 30 Ukraine 587,410 t compare
  5. 31 Sudan 579,294 t compare
  6. 32 Burundi 520,001 t compare
  7. 33 Ghana 516,522 t compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is pulses, total — production in Southern Africa?
Pulses, total — production in Southern Africa was 118,389 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest pulses, total — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 180,373 t in 1967.
What is the lowest pulses, total — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 63,401 t in 1992.
How does Southern Africa rank for pulses, total — production?
Southern Africa ranks 30th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
Is pulses, total — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Southern Africa 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.