Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in India
India: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 1.13 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in India stood at 1.13 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in India peaked at 1.13 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 93,300 ha, in 1961.
That places India 3rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 118,656 ha | 93,300 ha | 147,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 152,810 ha | 145,000 ha | 160,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 174,750 ha | 150,000 ha | 202,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 291,996 ha | 199,800 ha | 380,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 622,582 ha | 426,562 ha | 939,080 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 953,473 ha | 755,300 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 5 |
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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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in India?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in India was 1.13 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,300 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- India ranks 3rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.