Cassava, fresh — Yield in India
India: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 35,574 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in India stood at 35,574 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in India peaked at 38,582 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7,113 kg/ha, in 1963.
India ranks 2nd of 93 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,186 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,140 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 7,113 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 11,570 kg/ha | +62.6% |
| 1965 | 12,638 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1966 | 12,793 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 13,162 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 13,379 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 12,918 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 14,788 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 14,860 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 17,037 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1973 | 17,542 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 17,439 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 16,321 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 16,934 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 16,524 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 15,876 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 16,736 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 16,611 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 18,292 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 16,374 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1983 | 17,709 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 18,429 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 18,546 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 17,716 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 18,147 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 20,181 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 19,385 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 20,538 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 21,892 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 23,246 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 23,043 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 24,528 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 25,278 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 23,853 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 22,112 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 25,282 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 23,952 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 26,909 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 26,700 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 27,275 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 26,214 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 27,044 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 30,498 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 32,113 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 32,220 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 33,541 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 34,343 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 34,756 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 36,477 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 38,582 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 34,959 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 35,656 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 21,024 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 2016 | 21,294 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 20,960 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 28,613 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 2019 | 30,528 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 35,029 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 37,929 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 36,122 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 35,771 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 35,574 kg/ha | -0.6% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 35,574 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 3.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +62.6% | 7,113 kg/ha | 11,570 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -41.0% | 35,656 kg/ha | 21,024 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +36.5% | 20,960 kg/ha | 28,613 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,878 kg/ha | 7,113 kg/ha | 13,379 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,406 kg/ha | 14,788 kg/ha | 17,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,139 kg/ha | 16,374 kg/ha | 20,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,372 kg/ha | 20,538 kg/ha | 25,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,686 kg/ha | 26,214 kg/ha | 34,343 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,285 kg/ha | 20,960 kg/ha | 38,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,085 kg/ha | 35,029 kg/ha | 37,929 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 Guyana 41,453 kg/ha compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25,092 kg/ha compare
- 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29,333 kg/ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 20,387 kg/ha compare
- 4 Indonesia 28,230 kg/ha compare
- 4 Polynesia 15,986 kg/ha compare
- 5 Niger 26,681 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,026 kg/ha compare
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- 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 cassava, fresh — yield in India?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in India was 35,574 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 38,582 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,113 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does India rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- India ranks 2nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. 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.