Pulses, Total — Yield in Angola
Angola: Pulses, Total — Yield was 520.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Yield in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — yield in Angola is 520.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Angola peaked at 625 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 174.7 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Angola 152nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Angola, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 478.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 504.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 521.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 525 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 504.3 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 537.8 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 531.9 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 531.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 529.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 625 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1971 | 583.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 583.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 600 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 583.3 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 583.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 541.7 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 363.6 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1979 | 398.5 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 392.5 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 363.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 333.3 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 307.7 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 285.7 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 273.3 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 273.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 272.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 272.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 272.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 272.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 266.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 391.3 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1994 | 519.2 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1995 | 400 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1996 | 353.5 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 375.9 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 402.3 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 356.3 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 385.5 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 400.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 379.3 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 401 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 228.6 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 2005 | 310.9 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2006 | 265.3 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 246.7 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 331.9 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 2009 | 359.8 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 361.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 385.7 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 174.7 kg/ha | -54.7% |
| 2013 | 398 kg/ha | +127.8% |
| 2014 | 510.3 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2015 | 513.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 532.6 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 436.5 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2018 | 452.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 484.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 498.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 488 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 511 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 516 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 520.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 520.3 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Angola's 520.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 715.4 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Yield in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +127.8% | 174.7 kg/ha | 398 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -54.7% | 385.7 kg/ha | 174.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 518.27 kg/ha | 478.3 kg/ha | 537.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 546.2 kg/ha | 363.6 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 306.05 kg/ha | 272.7 kg/ha | 392.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 361.06 kg/ha | 266.7 kg/ha | 519.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 330.94 kg/ha | 228.6 kg/ha | 401 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 424.91 kg/ha | 174.7 kg/ha | 532.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 506.72 kg/ha | 488 kg/ha | 520.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 149 Eswatini 580.3 kg/ha compare
- 150 Mauritania 546.7 kg/ha compare
- 151 Papua New Guinea 537.7 kg/ha compare
- 153 Zambia 516.4 kg/ha compare
- 154 Martinique 514.2 kg/ha compare
- 155 Mozambique 513.7 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Angola?
- Pulses, total — yield in Angola was 520.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 625 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 174.7 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Angola rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Angola ranks 152nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.