Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in India
India: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 2,281 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in India is 2,281 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in India peaked at 2,281 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 597.9 kg/ha, in 1964.
India ranks 2nd of 28 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 599.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 603 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 620 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 597.9 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 602.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 604.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 612.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 625.9 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 666.3 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 651.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 653.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 679.2 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 725.2 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 754.2 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 760.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 774.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 804.3 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 769.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 711.5 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1980 | 770.9 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 788.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 779.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 830.7 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 857.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 886 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 897.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 925.8 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 944.2 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 974.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 1,028 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 1,076 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 1,135 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 1,109 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 1,162 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 1,326 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 1,385 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,459 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 1,563 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 1,575 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,575 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,574 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,592 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 1,663 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 1,704 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 1,796 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 1,879 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 1,798 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 1,867 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 1,776 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 1,807 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1,818 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 2,036 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 2,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,066 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 2,071 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,078 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,092 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,113 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,141 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,168 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,220 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 2,231 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,256 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,281 kg/ha | +1.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 2,281 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 863.35 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 614.72 kg/ha | 597.9 kg/ha | 666.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 728.44 kg/ha | 651.5 kg/ha | 804.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 865.45 kg/ha | 770.9 kg/ha | 974.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,282 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 1,575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,722 kg/ha | 1,574 kg/ha | 1,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,022 kg/ha | 1,807 kg/ha | 2,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,231 kg/ha | 2,168 kg/ha | 2,281 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,179 kg/ha compare
- 1 Mexico 3,256 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,806 kg/ha compare
- 3 Cambodia 1,649 kg/ha compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 1,642 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,782 kg/ha compare
- 4 Philippines 1,644 kg/ha compare
- 5 Gabon 1,578 kg/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 — yield in India?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in India was 2,281 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 2,281 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 597.9 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does India rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- India ranks 2nd out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 — 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.