Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in India
India: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 383,995 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in India is 383,995 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in India peaked at 477,000 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 45,000 ha, in 1961.
That places India 7th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 52,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 1963 | 60,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1964 | 74,000 ha | +23.3% |
| 1965 | 82,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 88,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1967 | 102,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 1968 | 110,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 138,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1971 | 141,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 149,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 155,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 166,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 171,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 178,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 186,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 191,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 190,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 192,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 194,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 196,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 199,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 204,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 210,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 223,300 ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 237,100 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 249,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 266,100 ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 289,100 ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 306,400 ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 323,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 331,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 339,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 356,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 366,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 377,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 387,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 395,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 400,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 401,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 408,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 428,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 440,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 447,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 454,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 459,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 463,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 468,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 477,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 440,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 442,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 450,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 455,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 455,991 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 457,422 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 340,833 ha | -25.5% |
| 2018 | 312,390 ha | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 327,932 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 316,014 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 337,396 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 377,915 ha | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 376,335 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 383,995 ha | +2.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 383,995 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 161,974 ha, 2.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in India changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -25.5% | 457,422 ha | 340,833 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,444 ha | 45,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 166,530 ha | 138,000 ha | 191,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 217,320 ha | 192,500 ha | 266,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 346,950 ha | 289,100 ha | 395,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 436,800 ha | 400,000 ha | 468,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 415,857 ha | 312,390 ha | 477,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 358,331 ha | 316,014 ha | 383,995 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 4 China 746,797 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 746,797 ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 196,534 ha compare
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 1.03 million ha compare
- 6 Myanmar 399,821 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 28,456 ha compare
- 8 Cambodia 319,700 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 9,587 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 229,422 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 598 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 221,797 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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in India?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in India was 383,995 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 477,000 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- India ranks 7th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.