Pulses, Total — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Pulses, Total — Yield was 939.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 939.4 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.7% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Suriname peaked at 2,075 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 507.2 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Suriname 112th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 596.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 617 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 688.3 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1964 | 877.6 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1965 | 1,050 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1966 | 1,339 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1967 | 1,181 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 1,225 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 1,030 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1970 | 816.4 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1971 | 1,014 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1972 | 1,015 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,038 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 1,072 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 705.4 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1976 | 770.5 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1977 | 984.4 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1978 | 806.5 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1979 | 789.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 757.6 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1982 | 878 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1983 | 972.2 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 975.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 960 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 507.2 kg/ha | -47.2% |
| 1987 | 537.5 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 510.3 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 727.3 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1990 | 674.7 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 666.7 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 733.3 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 736.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 738.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 727.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 766.4 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 791 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 811.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 835.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 875 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 882.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 875 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 882.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 882.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 946.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 962.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1,113 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2010 | 1,082 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 825 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2012 | 1,054 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2013 | 1,054 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 856.1 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2015 | 753.2 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 841.3 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 849.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 865.7 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 909.1 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 960 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 1,897 kg/ha | +97.6% |
| 2022 | 2,075 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 1,300 kg/ha | -37.3% |
| 2024 | 939.4 kg/ha | -27.7% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 939.4 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,265 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 939.4 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,136 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Yield in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +97.6% | 960 kg/ha | 1,897 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 956.09 kg/ha | 596.2 kg/ha | 1,339 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 901.14 kg/ha | 705.4 kg/ha | 1,072 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 782.57 kg/ha | 507.2 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 748.24 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 835.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 929.47 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 1,113 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 909.01 kg/ha | 753.2 kg/ha | 1,082 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,434 kg/ha | 939.4 kg/ha | 2,075 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Suriname?
- Pulses, total — yield in Suriname was 939.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 2,075 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 507.2 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Suriname rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Suriname ranks 112th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.