Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in India
India: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 44.26 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 44.26 million ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in India peaked at 45.00 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.67 million ha, in 1961.
India ranks 2nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23.67 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 25.02 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 24.72 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 25.42 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 25.40 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 24.81 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 25.26 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 24.54 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 24.24 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 25.05 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 25.69 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 25.38 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 24.94 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 25.81 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 25.72 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 24.86 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 25.49 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 26.84 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 26.61 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 25.82 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 27.59 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 27.73 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 27.40 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 27.38 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 27.76 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 27.35 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 26.88 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 30.64 million ha | +14.0% |
| 1989 | 31.88 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 32.29 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 34.70 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 34.51 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 35.50 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 35.21 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 36.86 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 37.26 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 36.57 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 37.27 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 36.09 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 34.99 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 32.86 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 31.48 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 31.80 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 36.37 million ha | +14.4% |
| 2005 | 38.20 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 38.29 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 38.96 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 38.56 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 39.21 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 39.26 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 41.20 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 40.25 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 41.59 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 41.66 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 40.20 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 38.90 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 39.26 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 39.72 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 41.13 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 44.44 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 43.18 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 44.01 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 45.00 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 44.26 million ha | -1.6% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 44.26 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 261,986 ha, 168.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- India's 44.26 million ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 390,528 ha, 113.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.79 million ha | 23.67 million ha | 25.42 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.64 million ha | 24.86 million ha | 26.84 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.04 million ha | 25.82 million ha | 31.88 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.63 million ha | 32.29 million ha | 37.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.07 million ha | 31.48 million ha | 39.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.32 million ha | 38.90 million ha | 41.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.17 million ha | 43.18 million ha | 45.00 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.124 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1139 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.121 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in India?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in India was 44.26 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 45.00 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.67 million ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- India ranks 2nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.