Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in India
India: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 1.20 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in India is 1.20 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in India peaked at 1.20 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 200,000 ha, in 1961.
India ranks 1st of 32 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 215,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 215,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 230,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 241,314 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 249,024 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 257,107 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 265,698 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 281,171 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 302,732 ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 320,034 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 328,294 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 350,887 ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 361,443 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 374,653 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 375,702 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 385,895 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 419,692 ha | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 447,376 ha | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 464,465 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 481,043 ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 492,492 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 501,953 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 509,768 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 518,379 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 522,998 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 527,395 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 529,287 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 530,869 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 531,849 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 533,549 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 560,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 565,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 577,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 635,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 659,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 675,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 706,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 686,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 700,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 750,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 770,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 780,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 820,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 837,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 854,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 868,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 893,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 923,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 953,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 979,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 992,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.01 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 978,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 1.10 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 1.12 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 1.16 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.18 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.20 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.20 million ha | +0.3% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1.20 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,246 ha, 49.5× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 230,349 ha | 200,000 ha | 265,698 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 350,050 ha | 281,171 ha | 419,692 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 499,516 ha | 447,376 ha | 529,287 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 597,327 ha | 530,869 ha | 706,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 795,800 ha | 686,000 ha | 893,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 million ha | 923,000 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.20 million 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 cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in India?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in India was 1.20 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.20 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 200,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.