India vs World: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested

India
43.43 million ha
in 2024
World
338.32 million ha
in 2024
India rank
2nd
World rank
1st

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • India
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 338.32 million ha against 43.43 million ha in India, a difference of 294.89 million ha.

That makes World's figure about 7.8 times India's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

India ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 182 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India World Difference Ahead
1960s 24.35 million ha 117.26 million ha 92.91 million ha World
1970s 25.18 million ha 138.00 million ha 112.82 million ha World
1980s 27.45 million ha 162.15 million ha 134.70 million ha World
1990s 34.90 million ha 192.74 million ha 157.84 million ha World
2000s 35.30 million ha 232.10 million ha 196.81 million ha World
2010s 39.30 million ha 288.58 million ha 249.28 million ha World
2020s 43.25 million ha 328.17 million ha 284.92 million ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, India or World?
World, at 338.32 million ha against 43.43 million ha in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between India and World?
294.89 million ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and World rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
India ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 182 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
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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.