Apricots — Area harvested in India
India: Apricots — Area harvested was 5,640 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apricots — area harvested in India is 5,640 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in India peaked at 5,709 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1986.
That places India 22nd out of 80 countries 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.
Apricots — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,700 ha | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 3,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 1976 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 2,700 ha | -18.2% |
| 1978 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1983 | 1,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 1984 | 1,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1991 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 2,519 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 2,727 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 2,805 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 2,919 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 3,279 ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 3,466 ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 3,514 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 3,603 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 3,727 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 3,868 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 4,016 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 4,197 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 4,361 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 4,562 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 4,703 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 4,826 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 4,924 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 5,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5,014 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 5,419 ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 5,496 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 5,603 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 5,709 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 5,603 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 5,638 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 5,650 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,630 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 5,640 ha | +0.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 5,640 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,376 ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,056 ha | 2,700 ha | 3,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,210 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,720 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,525 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,279 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,002 ha | 3,466 ha | 4,703 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,199 ha | 4,826 ha | 5,709 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,632 ha | 5,603 ha | 5,650 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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 apricots — area harvested in India?
- Apricots — area harvested in India was 5,640 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 5,709 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1986.
- How does India rank for apricots — area harvested?
- India ranks 22nd out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. 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 Apricots — 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.