Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in India
India: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 176,627 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in India stood at 176,627 ha.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in India peaked at 392,000 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 163,000 ha, in 2019.
India ranks 28th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 281,889 ha | 240,000 ha | 358,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 366,810 ha | 345,200 ha | 392,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 298,090 ha | 249,300 ha | 351,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 244,430 ha | 228,200 ha | 264,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 243,790 ha | 207,000 ha | 280,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 206,228 ha | 163,000 ha | 231,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 174,125 ha | 166,000 ha | 183,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in India?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in India was 176,627 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 392,000 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,000 ha in 2019.
- How does India rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- India ranks 28th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.