Areca nuts — Yield in India
India: Areca nuts — Yield was 1,486 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Areca nuts — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, areca nuts — yield in India stood at 1,486 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — yield in India peaked at 1,968 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 828.8 kg/ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Areca nuts — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 888.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 888.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 888.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 888.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 862.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 868.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 915.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 918.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 891.7 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 856.9 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 842.8 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 863.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 828.8 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 907.3 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1975 | 870.5 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 901.4 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 917.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 1,026 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 1,015 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 1,004 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 1,058 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 1,066 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,097 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 1,018 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 1,179 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1986 | 1,165 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 1,124 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 1,135 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 1,219 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 1,200 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 1,099 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 1,096 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,131 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 1,151 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1,188 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 1,159 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,178 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 1,243 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 1,107 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 1,138 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,138 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,379 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2003 | 1,177 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 1,203 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 1,243 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,268 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 1,263 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,231 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 1,243 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1,195 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 1,195 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,468 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2013 | 1,366 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 1,376 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,660 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2016 | 1,506 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 1,589 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 1,676 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 1,726 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,850 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 1,968 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 1,962 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,460 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2024 | 1,486 kg/ha | +1.8% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1,486 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 3,695 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- India's 1,486 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,622 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -25.6% | 1,962 kg/ha | 1,460 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 890.27 kg/ha | 862.6 kg/ha | 918.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 902.95 kg/ha | 828.8 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,107 kg/ha | 1,004 kg/ha | 1,219 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,155 kg/ha | 1,096 kg/ha | 1,243 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,228 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 1,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,476 kg/ha | 1,195 kg/ha | 1,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,745 kg/ha | 1,460 kg/ha | 1,968 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — yield in India?
- Areca nuts — yield in India was 1,486 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,968 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 828.8 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does India rank for areca nuts — yield?
- India ranks 10th out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 Areca nuts — Yield. 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.