Pulses, Total — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Pulses, Total — Yield was 416.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pulses, Total — Yield in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 416.2 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Pakistan peaked at 753.4 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 374 kg/ha, in 1980.
Pakistan ranks 159th of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 490.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 473.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 498.7 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1964 | 507.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 521.8 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 481.4 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 488.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 467 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 517.9 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1970 | 530.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 532.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 530.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 534.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 539 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 566.3 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 575.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 575.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 552.4 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 478.9 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1980 | 374 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1981 | 456.2 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1982 | 432.1 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 539.6 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1984 | 567.6 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 538.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 570.9 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 499.9 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1988 | 489.8 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 550.3 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 575.1 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 532.5 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 552 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 445.4 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1994 | 479.7 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 566.7 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 617 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 572 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 673.3 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1999 | 648.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 597.6 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 508.9 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2002 | 474.7 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 673.7 kg/ha | +41.9% |
| 2004 | 627 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 734.1 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2006 | 526.2 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2007 | 753.4 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 2008 | 502.4 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 661.9 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2010 | 548.7 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2011 | 531 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 399.7 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2013 | 737.5 kg/ha | +84.5% |
| 2014 | 494.5 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 2015 | 476.7 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 437.7 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 453.6 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 440.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 549 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2020 | 619.6 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 468 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2022 | 469.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 439.9 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 416.2 kg/ha | -5.4% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 416.2 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 416.2 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,709 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Yield in Pakistan 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 | +84.5% | 399.7 kg/ha | 737.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 494 kg/ha | 467 kg/ha | 521.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 541.47 kg/ha | 478.9 kg/ha | 575.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 501.92 kg/ha | 374 kg/ha | 570.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 566.19 kg/ha | 445.4 kg/ha | 673.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 605.99 kg/ha | 474.7 kg/ha | 753.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 506.92 kg/ha | 399.7 kg/ha | 737.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 482.72 kg/ha | 416.2 kg/ha | 619.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Pakistan?
- Pulses, total — yield in Pakistan was 416.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 753.4 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 374 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Pakistan rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 159th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.