Pulses, Total — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Pulses, Total — Yield was 409.3 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Portugal stood at 409.3 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 69.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Portugal peaked at 3,701 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 174.7 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Portugal 160th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 217.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 211.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 228.3 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 213.7 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 174.7 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1966 | 206.5 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1967 | 247 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1968 | 247 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 229.8 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 237.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 271.5 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1972 | 251.4 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 250.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 234.2 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 236.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 233.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 218.4 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 238.2 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 236.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 243.1 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 204.5 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1982 | 233.8 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 245.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 301.3 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 322.2 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 601.9 kg/ha | +86.8% |
| 1987 | 614.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 629.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 633.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 592.3 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 544.2 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 592.2 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 546.5 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 565.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 513.3 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 572.9 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 569.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 616.1 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 942.8 kg/ha | +53.0% |
| 2000 | 1,118 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2001 | 1,246 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 1,374 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 1,361 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,533 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 1,803 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 2,108 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2007 | 2,271 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 2,852 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2009 | 3,701 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2010 | 2,905 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2011 | 1,774 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 2012 | 1,620 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 1,260 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2014 | 1,332 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 1,197 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 1,208 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,170 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 833.5 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2024 | 409.3 kg/ha | -50.9% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 409.3 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,047 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 409.3 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,081 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +86.8% | 322.2 kg/ha | 601.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 219.54 kg/ha | 174.7 kg/ha | 247 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 240.77 kg/ha | 218.4 kg/ha | 271.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 402.95 kg/ha | 204.5 kg/ha | 633.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 605.57 kg/ha | 513.3 kg/ha | 942.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,937 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 3,701 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,478 kg/ha | 833.5 kg/ha | 2,905 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2020s | 409.3 kg/ha | 409.3 kg/ha | 409.3 kg/ha | 1 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Portugal?
- Pulses, total — yield in Portugal was 409.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 3,701 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 174.7 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Portugal rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Portugal ranks 160th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.