Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in India
India: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita was 0 tonnes per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
0 tonnes per person
Change on year
down 71.1%
World rank
135th
of 178 countries
All-time high
0.0003 tonnes per person
in 2010
All-time low
0 tonnes per person
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in India, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
India recorded 0 tonnes per person for cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 71.1% on the previous year and down 83.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in India peaked at 0.0003 tonnes per person in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 2023.
That places India 135th out of 178 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in India, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +28.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -14.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +31.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -39.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +30.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -11.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +28.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -13.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -12.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +23.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +18.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -22.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +12.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -27.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +46.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -15.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -22.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +12.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -19.5% |
| 1994 | 0 tonnes per person | -19.3% |
| 1995 | 0 tonnes per person | -13.7% |
| 1996 | 0 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +48.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0 tonnes per person | -16.8% |
| 2003 | 0 tonnes per person | -19.4% |
| 2004 | 0 tonnes per person | +31.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 0 tonnes per person | -23.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +25.3% |
| 2009 | 0 tonnes per person | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0003 tonnes per person | +462.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 tonnes per person | -37.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -54.2% |
| 2013 | 0 tonnes per person | -60.3% |
| 2014 | 0 tonnes per person | +46.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +51.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0002 tonnes per person | +135.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0002 tonnes per person | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 0 tonnes per person | -91.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 tonnes per person | +1547.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -48.0% |
| 2021 | 0 tonnes per person | -90.9% |
| 2022 | 0 tonnes per person | +48.8% |
| 2023 | 0 tonnes per person | -71.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0012 tonnes per person, 0% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- India's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0042 tonnes per person, 0% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +1547.8% | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0002 tonnes per person |
| 2010 | +462.4% | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0003 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 132 Pakistan 0 tonnes per person compare
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- 136 Antigua and Barbuda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Burundi 0 tonnes per person
- 136 Bahrain 0 tonnes per person
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- 136 Barbados 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Botswana 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Congo 0 tonnes per person
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- 136 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Djibouti 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Fiji 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Gabon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Gambia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Guyana 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Honduras 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Iraq 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Kiribati 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Saint Lucia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Lesotho 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Moldova 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Maldives 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Mauritania 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Mauritius 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Malawi 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 New Caledonia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Niger 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Papua New Guinea 0 tonnes per person
- 136 French Polynesia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Rwanda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Seychelles 0 tonnes per person
- 136 Togo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Tajikistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Turkmenistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 East Timor 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Tonga 0 tonnes per person
- 136 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Samoa 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Yemen 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 South Africa 0 tonnes per person compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in India?
- Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in India was 0 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0003 tonnes per person in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 2023.
- How does India rank for cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita?
- India ranks 135th out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.