Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in India
India: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 86,611 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 86,611 ha for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in India peaked at 685,000 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 81,031 ha, in 2015.
India ranks 1st of 26 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 629,515 ha | — |
| 1962 | 612,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 685,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1964 | 564,000 ha | -17.7% |
| 1965 | 526,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 501,700 ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 494,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 445,800 ha | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 486,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 492,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 436,900 ha | -11.3% |
| 1972 | 421,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 506,300 ha | +20.2% |
| 1974 | 461,700 ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 475,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 486,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 486,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 506,600 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 518,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 488,100 ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 454,900 ha | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 394,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 1983 | 395,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 395,500 ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 450,200 ha | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 361,500 ha | -19.7% |
| 1987 | 342,400 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 306,500 ha | -10.5% |
| 1989 | 304,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 311,200 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 301,600 ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 263,800 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 254,200 ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 252,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 249,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 203,000 ha | -18.6% |
| 1997 | 190,000 ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 177,100 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 185,800 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 188,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 189,700 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 174,100 ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 170,800 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 152,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 141,800 ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 137,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 144,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 135,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 120,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 87,000 ha | -27.5% |
| 2011 | 91,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 87,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 100,000 ha | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 88,325 ha | -11.7% |
| 2015 | 81,031 ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 89,785 ha | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 86,381 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 85,732 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 87,299 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 86,471 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 86,501 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 86,757 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 86,576 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 86,611 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 549,446 ha | 445,800 ha | 685,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 479,180 ha | 421,300 ha | 518,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 389,310 ha | 304,700 ha | 488,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 238,880 ha | 177,100 ha | 311,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 155,450 ha | 120,000 ha | 189,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,355 ha | 81,031 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 86,583 ha | 86,471 ha | 86,757 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Russian Federation 12,284 ha compare
- 3 Chile 10,595 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,864 ha compare
- 4 Mozambique 6,973 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in India?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in India was 86,611 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 685,000 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 81,031 ha in 2015.
- How does India rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.