Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in India
India: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 507,297 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in India is 507,297 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in India peaked at 507,297 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40,000 ha, in 1962.
India ranks 2nd of 97 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 60,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 70,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 80,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 90,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 130,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 150,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 170,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 180,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 190,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 190,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 210,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 220,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 230,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 238,632 ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 202,787 ha | -15.0% |
| 1992 | 222,436 ha | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 190,000 ha | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 230,000 ha | +21.1% |
| 1995 | 235,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 280,000 ha | +19.1% |
| 1997 | 290,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 250,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 260,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 270,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 280,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 267,900 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 238,500 ha | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 288,600 ha | +21.0% |
| 2007 | 302,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 312,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 348,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 347,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 369,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 391,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 402,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 433,870 ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 411,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 426,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 454,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 453,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 465,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 467,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 473,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 481,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 491,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 507,297 ha | +3.3% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 507,297 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 751 ha, 675.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- India's 507,297 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 573 ha, 885.3× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,556 ha | 40,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 114,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 150,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 195,000 ha | 160,000 ha | 230,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 238,886 ha | 190,000 ha | 290,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 281,790 ha | 238,500 ha | 348,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 415,277 ha | 347,900 ha | 465,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 483,859 ha | 467,000 ha | 507,297 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 cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in India?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in India was 507,297 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 507,297 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1962.
- How does India rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- India ranks 2nd out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.