Carrots and turnips — Production in India
India: Carrots and turnips — Production was 2.78 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Production in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — production in India stood at 2.78 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.7% on the previous year and up 158.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — production in India peaked at 2.78 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 64,000 t, in 1961.
India ranks 4th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Production in India, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 64,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 70,000 t | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 74,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 81,000 t | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 85,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 92,000 t | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 96,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 100,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 110,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 112,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 120,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 124,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 129,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 140,000 t | +8.5% |
| 1975 | 143,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 160,000 t | +11.9% |
| 1977 | 165,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 170,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 184,000 t | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 186,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 188,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 200,000 t | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 204,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 227,000 t | +11.3% |
| 1985 | 235,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 250,000 t | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 260,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 272,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 275,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 280,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 287,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 330,161 t | +15.0% |
| 1993 | 375,610 t | +13.8% |
| 1994 | 410,180 t | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 437,989 t | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 463,199 t | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 487,628 t | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 511,910 t | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 536,254 t | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 560,732 t | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 585,375 t | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 610,199 t | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 635,218 t | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 660,443 t | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 685,888 t | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 711,567 t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 737,494 t | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 763,684 t | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 790,154 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 816,921 t | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 953,000 t | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 1.15 million t | +21.0% |
| 2013 | 1.15 million t | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.07 million t | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 968,000 t | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 1.34 million t | +38.3% |
| 2017 | 1.35 million t | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.65 million t | +22.1% |
| 2019 | 1.89 million t | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 1.83 million t | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 1.88 million t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.28 million t | +21.2% |
| 2023 | 2.40 million t | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 2.78 million t | +15.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 2.78 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 81,871 t, 33.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +38.3% | 968,000 t | 1.34 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85,778 t | 64,000 t | 110,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 144,700 t | 112,000 t | 184,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 229,700 t | 186,000 t | 275,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 411,993 t | 280,000 t | 536,254 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 674,075 t | 560,732 t | 790,154 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.23 million t | 816,921 t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.23 million t | 1.83 million t | 2.78 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 19.12 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 19.04 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 895,209 t compare
- 3 Uzbekistan 3.57 million t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 330,686 t compare
- 5 USSR 2.14 million t compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 245,590 t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 1.38 million t compare
- 7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 862,713 t 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 carrots and turnips — production in India?
- Carrots and turnips — production in India was 2.78 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — production recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 2.78 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — production recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,000 t in 1961.
- How does India rank for carrots and turnips — production?
- India ranks 4th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — production rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 158.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — Production. 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.