Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in India
India: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 2,112 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
India recorded 2,112 kg/ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in India peaked at 2,192 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 553.8 kg/ha, in 1965.
India ranks 35th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 724.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 695.3 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 769.4 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1964 | 814 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 553.8 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1966 | 604.3 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 758.8 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1968 | 653.3 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1969 | 720 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 834.1 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1971 | 822.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 585.4 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1973 | 844.6 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1974 | 712.8 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1975 | 935.4 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1976 | 747.4 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1977 | 866.1 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1978 | 835.2 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 805 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 735.9 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 972.3 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1982 | 732.1 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1983 | 939.8 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1984 | 897.9 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 718.8 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1986 | 841.5 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1987 | 855.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,132 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1989 | 929.9 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1990 | 904.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 843.8 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 1,059 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1993 | 916.1 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1994 | 1,030 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 1,041 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 1,037 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,012 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 1,213 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1999 | 802.1 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 2000 | 940.3 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 1,128 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 743.9 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2003 | 1,346 kg/ha | +80.9% |
| 2004 | 992.7 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2005 | 1,184 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2006 | 863.8 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2007 | 1,453 kg/ha | +68.2% |
| 2008 | 1,187 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2009 | 983.3 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 1,408 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 2011 | 1,299 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 1,030 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2013 | 1,760 kg/ha | +70.9% |
| 2014 | 1,557 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 1,489 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 1,389 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 1,838 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 2018 | 1,444 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2019 | 2,044 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 2020 | 1,729 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 1,763 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 2,030 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 2,192 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 2,112 kg/ha | -3.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 2,112 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,148 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 699.31 kg/ha | 553.8 kg/ha | 814 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 798.89 kg/ha | 585.4 kg/ha | 935.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 875.59 kg/ha | 718.8 kg/ha | 1,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 985.77 kg/ha | 802.1 kg/ha | 1,213 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,082 kg/ha | 743.9 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,526 kg/ha | 1,030 kg/ha | 2,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,965 kg/ha | 1,729 kg/ha | 2,192 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in India?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in India was 2,112 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 2,192 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 553.8 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does India rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- India ranks 35th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield. 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.