Apples — Area harvested in India
India: Apples — Area harvested was 304,130 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 304,130 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in India peaked at 321,900 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 21,700 ha, in 1965.
India ranks 4th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,500 ha | -13.5% |
| 1963 | 33,700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 26,500 ha | -21.4% |
| 1965 | 21,700 ha | -18.1% |
| 1966 | 23,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 30,600 ha | +30.2% |
| 1968 | 39,300 ha | +28.4% |
| 1969 | 48,500 ha | +23.4% |
| 1970 | 66,800 ha | +37.7% |
| 1971 | 84,800 ha | +26.9% |
| 1972 | 91,600 ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 101,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 108,500 ha | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 115,700 ha | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 120,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 121,620 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 125,640 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 130,370 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 138,900 ha | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 145,890 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 153,750 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 161,710 ha | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 164,940 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 168,230 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 165,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 178,305 ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 185,083 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 186,660 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 187,198 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 193,638 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 194,561 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 191,256 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 200,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 210,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 217,099 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 222,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 227,680 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 231,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 230,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 240,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 240,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 250,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 201,200 ha | -19.5% |
| 2005 | 230,700 ha | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 226,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 252,000 ha | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 264,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 274,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 282,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 289,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 321,900 ha | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 312,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 313,040 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 319,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 277,000 ha | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 305,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 301,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 308,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 310,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 313,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 315,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 304,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 304,130 ha | +0.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 304,130 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,720 ha, 12.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +37.7% | 48,500 ha | 66,800 ha |
| 1967 | +30.2% | 23,500 ha | 30,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,089 ha | 21,700 ha | 48,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,673 ha | 66,800 ha | 130,370 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 164,847 ha | 138,900 ha | 186,660 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 207,513 ha | 187,198 ha | 231,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 240,850 ha | 201,200 ha | 274,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 302,894 ha | 277,000 ha | 321,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 309,226 ha | 304,000 ha | 315,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 2.09 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2.09 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 165,319 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 120,514 ha compare
- 3 USSR 1.30 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 68,637 ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 189,893 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 48,092 ha compare
- 6 Poland 148,000 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 37,309 ha compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 123,847 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in India?
- Apples — area harvested in India was 304,130 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 321,900 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,700 ha in 1965.
- How does India rank for apples — area harvested?
- India ranks 4th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. 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.