Pulses, Total — Yield in World
World: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,064 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in World, 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 World is 1,064 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in World peaked at 1,075 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 604 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places World 17th out of 33 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 639.96 kg/ha | 604 kg/ha | 666.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 677.38 kg/ha | 640.1 kg/ha | 713.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 746.49 kg/ha | 665.5 kg/ha | 812.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 789.56 kg/ha | 740.3 kg/ha | 860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 847.38 kg/ha | 808.1 kg/ha | 911 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 973.68 kg/ha | 917 kg/ha | 1,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,046 kg/ha | 993.3 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 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
- 19 Sweden 2,966 kg/ha compare
- 20 Serbia and Montenegro 2,945 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in World?
- Pulses, total — yield in World was 1,064 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1,075 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 604 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does World rank for pulses, total — yield?
- World ranks 17th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.