Pulses, Total — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,138 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Brazil stood at 1,138 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Brazil peaked at 1,166 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 380.7 kg/ha, in 1987.
Brazil ranks 90th 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 Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 668.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 621.7 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 642.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 612.1 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 687.7 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 636.8 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 686.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 650.2 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 598.7 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 625.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 674.4 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 669.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 579.6 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1974 | 516.8 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 542.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 448.9 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1977 | 497.3 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 470.4 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 512.1 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 419.7 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1981 | 458.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 485.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 386.3 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1984 | 489.4 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1985 | 473.8 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 401.7 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1987 | 380.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 484.8 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1989 | 444.5 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 475 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 501 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 538.5 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 633.6 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1994 | 610.5 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 583.8 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 564.9 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 640.2 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 660.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 679.6 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 703 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 709.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 738.2 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 804.6 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 744.4 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 803.3 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 853.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 833.8 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 911.1 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 847.2 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 918.4 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 931.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,026 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 1,023 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,030 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1,073 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 1,009 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 1,083 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 1,020 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 1,107 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 1,121 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 1,102 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,081 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,166 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 1,138 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 1,138 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,265 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 1,138 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,136 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 644.97 kg/ha | 598.7 kg/ha | 687.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 553.72 kg/ha | 448.9 kg/ha | 674.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 442.57 kg/ha | 380.7 kg/ha | 489.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 588.72 kg/ha | 475 kg/ha | 679.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 794.84 kg/ha | 703 kg/ha | 911.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,022 kg/ha | 918.4 kg/ha | 1,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,121 kg/ha | 1,081 kg/ha | 1,166 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 87 Spain 1,150 kg/ha compare
- 88 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,145 kg/ha compare
- 89 Tunisia 1,138 kg/ha compare
- 91 Dominican Republic 1,136 kg/ha compare
- 92 Jamaica 1,136 kg/ha compare
- 93 Madagascar 1,133 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Brazil?
- Pulses, total — yield in Brazil was 1,138 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 1,166 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 380.7 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Brazil rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Brazil ranks 90th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.