Cashew nuts, in shell — Production in India
India: Cashew nuts, in shell — Production was 794,910 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Production in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cashew nuts, in shell — production in India stood at 794,910 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — production in India peaked at 817,000 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 85,000 t, in 1961.
India ranks 2nd of 37 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,887 t | 85,000 t | 120,438 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 145,115 t | 123,319 t | 171,817 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 220,957 t | 180,266 t | 274,330 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 357,496 t | 285,590 t | 460,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 557,200 t | 450,000 t | 695,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 723,960 t | 613,000 t | 817,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 753,982 t | 703,000 t | 794,910 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 944,673 t compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 528,262 t compare
- 4 Viet Nam 306,185 t compare
- 5 Ghana 218,576 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 37.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — production in India?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — production in India was 794,910 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — production recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 817,000 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — production recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,000 t in 1961.
- How does India rank for cashew nuts, in shell — production?
- India ranks 2nd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — production rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.