India vs Pakistan: Cereals, primary — Yield
Cereals, primary — Yield over time
- India
- Pakistan
How they compare
India currently reports 3,632 kg/ha against 3,621 kg/ha in Pakistan, a difference of 11 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
India ranks 81st and Pakistan ranks 82nd of 193 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 4 and Pakistan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 959.89 kg/ha | 937 kg/ha | 22.89 kg/ha | India |
| 1970s | 1,199 kg/ha | 1,364 kg/ha | 165.29 kg/ha | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 1,568 kg/ha | 1,669 kg/ha | 100.94 kg/ha | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 2,094 kg/ha | 1,982 kg/ha | 112.3 kg/ha | India |
| 2000s | 2,430 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 70.41 kg/ha | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 3,020 kg/ha | 2,988 kg/ha | 31.57 kg/ha | India |
| 2020s | 3,543 kg/ha | 3,510 kg/ha | 33.08 kg/ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, India or Pakistan?
- India, at 3,632 kg/ha against 3,621 kg/ha in Pakistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between India and Pakistan?
- 11 kg/ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Pakistan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Pakistan rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
- India ranks 81st and Pakistan ranks 82nd of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.