Linseed — Yield in India
India: Linseed — Yield was 644 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Linseed — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for linseed — yield in India is 644 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in India peaked at 698.5 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 166.9 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places India 47th out of 62 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 222.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 234.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 225.8 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 189.8 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1965 | 241.9 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1966 | 192.1 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1967 | 173.8 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 246.5 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 1969 | 194 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1970 | 260.3 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1971 | 249.8 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 256.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 248.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 247.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 272.3 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1976 | 282.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 221.8 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1978 | 262.1 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1979 | 255.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 166.9 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1981 | 252.8 kg/ha | +51.5% |
| 1982 | 265.1 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 267.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 298.6 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 278.8 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 264.2 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 274 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 341.8 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1989 | 300.9 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 289.6 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 302.1 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 329.5 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 310.6 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 346.3 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 340.3 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 346.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 373.2 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 289.9 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1999 | 353.5 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 406 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2001 | 350.9 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2002 | 390.3 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2003 | 392.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 412.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 378.2 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 394.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 394.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 348.3 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2009 | 414.8 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2010 | 449.4 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 409.5 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 470.6 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 496.6 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 483.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 543.9 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 419.5 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2017 | 566.5 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 2018 | 532.7 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 573.6 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 670.8 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 636.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 642.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 698.5 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 644 kg/ha | -7.8% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 644 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 814.25 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213.4 kg/ha | 173.8 kg/ha | 246.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 255.61 kg/ha | 221.8 kg/ha | 282.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 271.05 kg/ha | 166.9 kg/ha | 341.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 328.13 kg/ha | 289.6 kg/ha | 373.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 388.25 kg/ha | 348.3 kg/ha | 414.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 494.59 kg/ha | 409.5 kg/ha | 573.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 658.44 kg/ha | 636.8 kg/ha | 698.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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 linseed — yield in India?
- Linseed — yield in India was 644 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 698.5 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 166.9 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does India rank for linseed — yield?
- India ranks 47th out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. 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 Linseed — 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.