Millet yields in India
India: Millet yields was 1.43 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet yields in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet yields in India is 1.43 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet yields in India peaked at 1.43 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3451 tonnes per hectare, in 1965.
India ranks 29th of 88 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.418 tonnes per hectare | 0.3451 tonnes per hectare | 0.4586 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5106 tonnes per hectare | 0.3854 tonnes per hectare | 0.6035 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5654 tonnes per hectare | 0.4565 tonnes per hectare | 0.6785 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.729 tonnes per hectare | 0.5706 tonnes per hectare | 0.8466 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8931 tonnes per hectare | 0.6311 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 107.67 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet yields in India?
- Millet yields in India was 1.43 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest millet yields recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest millet yields recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3451 tonnes per hectare in 1965.
- How does India rank for millet yields?
- India ranks 29th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet yields rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Millet yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.