Bean yields in India
India: Bean yields was 0.6822 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bean yields in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
India recorded 0.6822 tonnes per hectare for bean yields in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bean yields in India peaked at 0.7304 tonnes per hectare in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.233 tonnes per hectare, in 1966.
India ranks 110th of 132 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2585 tonnes per hectare | 0.233 tonnes per hectare | 0.2809 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2875 tonnes per hectare | 0.2332 tonnes per hectare | 0.3297 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3542 tonnes per hectare | 0.2959 tonnes per hectare | 0.4283 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4602 tonnes per hectare | 0.4172 tonnes per hectare | 0.5064 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.455 tonnes per hectare | 0.3828 tonnes per hectare | 0.5269 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6001 tonnes per hectare | 0.5495 tonnes per hectare | 0.6411 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.671 tonnes per hectare | 0.5978 tonnes per hectare | 0.7304 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 107.67 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bean yields in India?
- Bean yields in India was 0.6822 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest bean yields recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7304 tonnes per hectare in 2022.
- What is the lowest bean yields recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.233 tonnes per hectare in 1966.
- How does India rank for bean yields?
- India ranks 110th out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bean yields rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.