Pulses, Total — Production in Western Asia

Western Asia: Pulses, Total — Production was 1.75 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.75 million t
Change on year
up 1.7%
Rank
24th
of 33 groups
All-time high
2.74 million t
in 1988
All-time low
787,058 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Pulses, Total — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

In 2024, pulses, total — production in Western Asia stood at 1.75 million t.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pulses, total — production in Western Asia peaked at 2.74 million t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 787,058 t, in 1961.

Western Asia ranks 24th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 889,086 t 787,058 t 1.00 million t 9
1970s 1.01 million t 804,729 t 1.20 million t 10
1980s 1.82 million t 1.22 million t 2.74 million t 10
1990s 2.19 million t 1.65 million t 2.51 million t 10
2000s 1.90 million t 1.28 million t 2.19 million t 10
2010s 1.65 million t 1.52 million t 1.75 million t 10
2020s 1.68 million t 1.50 million t 1.77 million t 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.02 million t compare
  2. 22 Malawi 842,697 t compare
  3. 23 France 841,760 t compare
  4. 24 Argentina 840,892 t compare
  5. 25 Uganda 836,988 t compare
  6. 26 Burkina Faso 814,909 t compare
  7. 27 Germany 814,800 t compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is pulses, total — production in Western Asia?
Pulses, total — production in Western Asia was 1.75 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest pulses, total — production recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 2.74 million t in 1988.
What is the lowest pulses, total — production recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 787,058 t in 1961.
How does Western Asia rank for pulses, total — production?
Western Asia ranks 24th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is pulses, total — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. 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 — 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.