Pulses, Total — Yield in South America
South America: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,138 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 1,138 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in South America peaked at 1,198 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 446 kg/ha, in 1987.
South America ranks 15th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 653.52 kg/ha | 601.7 kg/ha | 691.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 585.49 kg/ha | 509.8 kg/ha | 675.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 501.9 kg/ha | 446 kg/ha | 541 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 650.71 kg/ha | 537.4 kg/ha | 742.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 850.84 kg/ha | 758.9 kg/ha | 962.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,071 kg/ha | 986.2 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,183 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 1,198 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 12 Tajikistan 3,442 kg/ha compare
- 13 Montenegro 3,440 kg/ha compare
- 14 New Zealand 3,424 kg/ha compare
- 15 Saudi Arabia 3,350 kg/ha compare
- 16 Germany 3,331 kg/ha compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,231 kg/ha compare
- 18 Luxembourg 3,026 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 69.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,181 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in South America?
- Pulses, total — yield in South America 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,198 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 446 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does South America rank for pulses, total — yield?
- South America ranks 15th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.