Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in India
India: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested was 108,805 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 108,805 ha for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in India peaked at 121,210 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 1961.
India ranks 3rd of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 56,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 57,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 55,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 57,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 75,000 ha | +31.6% |
| 1967 | 73,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 75,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 74,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 75,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 76,800 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 75,900 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 75,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 89,200 ha | +17.5% |
| 1975 | 99,900 ha | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 96,900 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 95,600 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 81,900 ha | -14.3% |
| 1979 | 89,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 87,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 100,600 ha | +14.7% |
| 1982 | 103,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 112,600 ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 114,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 117,740 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 116,270 ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 118,790 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 118,340 ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 121,210 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 118,160 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 117,720 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 96,680 ha | -17.9% |
| 1993 | 101,110 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 100,400 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 101,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 99,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 94,300 ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 85,000 ha | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 84,800 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 92,400 ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 91,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 88,500 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 95,600 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 95,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 95,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 104,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 81,930 ha | -21.2% |
| 2008 | 91,990 ha | +12.3% |
| 2009 | 90,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 86,700 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 89,006 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 92,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 95,930 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 93,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 92,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 107,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 108,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 108,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 105,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 109,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 109,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 109,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 111,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 108,805 ha | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,556 ha | 50,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,610 ha | 75,000 ha | 99,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 111,095 ha | 87,700 ha | 121,210 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 99,867 ha | 84,800 ha | 118,160 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 92,722 ha | 81,930 ha | 104,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 97,664 ha | 86,700 ha | 108,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 109,361 ha | 108,805 ha | 111,000 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in India?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in India was 108,805 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 121,210 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested?
- India ranks 3rd out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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.