Pulses, Total — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Pulses, Total — Yield was 974.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Bhutan stood at 974.2 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Bhutan peaked at 1,711 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 444.4 kg/ha, in 1961.
Bhutan ranks 109th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 444.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 459.5 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 450 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 452.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 487.8 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 488.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 488.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 500 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 516.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 531.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 537.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 550.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 579.7 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 583.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 586.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 589.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 600 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 599.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 602.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 862.1 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 1985 | 613.6 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1986 | 622.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 717 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1988 | 785.3 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 800 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 694 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1991 | 799.9 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1992 | 789.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 789.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 788.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 788.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 787.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 787.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 786.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 786.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 785.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 785.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 785.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 944.5 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2004 | 1,204 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2005 | 1,711 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 2006 | 1,559 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 1,301 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2008 | 1,131 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 1,002 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 961.3 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 1,109 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 1,156 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1,191 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 1,211 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,198 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,174 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 975.3 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2018 | 1,036 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 1,016 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,087 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 1,057 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 1,020 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 1,002 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 974.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 974.2 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 974.2 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 1,003 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Yield in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +43.1% | 602.4 kg/ha | 862.1 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +42.1% | 1,204 kg/ha | 1,711 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -28.8% | 862.1 kg/ha | 613.6 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +27.5% | 944.5 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 474.6 kg/ha | 444.4 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 538.51 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 586.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 679.16 kg/ha | 589.7 kg/ha | 862.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 779.77 kg/ha | 694 kg/ha | 799.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,121 kg/ha | 785.1 kg/ha | 1,711 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,103 kg/ha | 961.3 kg/ha | 1,211 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,028 kg/ha | 974.2 kg/ha | 1,087 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Bhutan?
- Pulses, total — yield in Bhutan was 974.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,711 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 444.4 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 109th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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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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.