Figs — Area harvested in India
India: Figs — Area harvested was 5,904 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Figs — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, figs — area harvested in India stood at 5,904 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — area harvested in India peaked at 5,944 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 870 ha, in 1978.
India ranks 7th of 68 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Figs — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 890 ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 880 ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 870 ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,300 ha | +49.4% |
| 1986 | 870 ha | -33.1% |
| 1987 | 1,700 ha | +95.4% |
| 1988 | 2,200 ha | +29.4% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 2,974 ha | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 3,349 ha | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 3,613 ha | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 3,694 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 3,819 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 4,290 ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 4,543 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 4,751 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 4,955 ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 5,153 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 5,328 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 5,366 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 5,154 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 5,356 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 5,323 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 5,361 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 5,407 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,451 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 5,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 5,649 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 5,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5,667 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 5,691 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,716 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 5,758 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 5,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 5,944 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 5,867 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 5,904 ha | +0.6% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 5,904 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,000 ha, 5.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Figs — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +95.4% | 870 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 1985 | +49.4% | 870 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 1986 | -33.1% | 1,300 ha | 870 ha |
| 1988 | +29.4% | 1,700 ha | 2,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 900 ha | 900 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 891 ha | 870 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,242 ha | 870 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,104 ha | 2,100 ha | 4,290 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,129 ha | 4,543 ha | 5,366 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,583 ha | 5,407 ha | 5,716 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,875 ha | 5,758 ha | 5,944 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 4 Tunisia 16,612 ha compare
- 5 Spain 16,180 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 9,273 ha compare
- 6 Afghanistan 11,274 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 130 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 ha compare
- 8 Yugoslav SFR 4,000 ha compare
- 9 Portugal 3,780 ha compare
- 10 Libya 2,666 ha compare
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 figs — area harvested in India?
- Figs — area harvested in India was 5,904 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 5,944 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest figs — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 870 ha in 1978.
- How does India rank for figs — area harvested?
- India ranks 7th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is figs — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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 Figs — 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.