Based on a comparison of 101 countries in 2018, India ranked the highest in pulse production with 976 kt followed by Poland and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Bahrain with 0.007 kt, Slovenia with 0.016 kt and Estonia with 0.065 kt.
Total pulse production reached 4,349 kt in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 6.51 % more than in the previous year and 26.5 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total pulse production reached an all time high of 4,616 kt in 2014 and an all time low of 2,483 kt in 1980. The average annual growth amounted to 0.540 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, India, accounted for 22.4 % of pulse production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 39.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 61.4 % in 2018.
Data for more countries are available at Pulse Production indicator page.
| Pulse Production | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Bangladesh | kt | 89.0 | 103 | 110 | 75.7 | 83.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 118 | 123 | 124 | 128 | 139 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | kt | 48.8 | 52.5 | 56.9 | 81.5 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 960 | 1,092 | 1,155 | 988 | 920 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | kt | 55.0 | 68.3 | 41.6 | 154 | 59.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | kt | 1.90 | 1.20 | 1.30 | 92.7 | 93.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kt | 190 | 205 | 214 | 208 | 205 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 323 | 203 | 309 | 278 | 159 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | kt | 73.5 | 74.0 | 74.7 | 77.1 | 75.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 41.8 | 41.5 | 57.0 | 69.0 | 117 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | kt | 84.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 92.2 | 93.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | kt | 115 | 117 | 118 | 115 | 110 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 105 | 115 | 117 | 120 | 123 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kt | 242 | 280 | 294 | 280 | 270 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 130 | 134 | 136 | 106 | 109 |
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