Fruit Primary — Yield in India
India: Fruit Primary — Yield was 16,025 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
India recorded 16,025 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in India peaked at 16,025 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,622 kg/ha, in 1962.
India ranks 47th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,672 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,622 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 8,637 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 8,721 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 9,022 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 9,185 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 9,084 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 8,934 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 8,903 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 8,722 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 8,952 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 8,810 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 8,830 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 8,890 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 8,868 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 9,081 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 9,122 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 9,202 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 9,361 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 9,316 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 9,358 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 9,208 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 9,364 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 9,706 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 10,717 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 11,240 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 10,987 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 9,442 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1989 | 10,644 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 11,090 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 10,304 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 10,556 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 10,679 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 11,477 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 11,133 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 11,740 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 11,671 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 12,278 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 12,392 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 11,527 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 11,511 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 10,665 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 11,594 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 10,588 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 10,777 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 10,830 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 11,227 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 11,647 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 11,240 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 11,766 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 11,980 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 11,678 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 12,100 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 12,628 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 14,721 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2016 | 14,538 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 14,793 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 15,013 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 15,033 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 15,247 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 14,975 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 15,382 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 15,854 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 16,025 kg/ha | +1.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 16,025 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 16,025 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 10,686 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,864 kg/ha | 8,622 kg/ha | 9,185 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,984 kg/ha | 8,722 kg/ha | 9,361 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,998 kg/ha | 9,208 kg/ha | 11,240 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,332 kg/ha | 10,304 kg/ha | 12,392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,161 kg/ha | 10,588 kg/ha | 11,647 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,425 kg/ha | 11,678 kg/ha | 15,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,497 kg/ha | 14,975 kg/ha | 16,025 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 44 Japan 16,290 kg/ha compare
- 45 El Salvador 16,132 kg/ha compare
- 46 Palestine 16,043 kg/ha compare
- 48 Republic of Korea 15,920 kg/ha compare
- 49 Australia and New Zealand 15,841 kg/ha compare
- 50 Uzbekistan 15,654 kg/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 fruit primary — yield in India?
- Fruit primary — yield in India was 16,025 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 16,025 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,622 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does India rank for fruit primary — yield?
- India ranks 47th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. 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 Fruit Primary — Yield. 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.