Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in India
India: Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 85,986 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in India is 85,986 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and down 63.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in India peaked at 640,400 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 85,986 ha, in 2024.
That places India 8th out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 477,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 480,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 483,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 490,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 522,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 473,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 468,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 441,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 482,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1970 | 489,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 493,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 466,800 ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 552,300 ha | +18.3% |
| 1974 | 621,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 1975 | 615,200 ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 568,100 ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 609,100 ha | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 612,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 583,500 ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 598,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 603,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 497,900 ha | -17.5% |
| 1983 | 599,300 ha | +20.4% |
| 1984 | 590,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 635,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 586,900 ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 639,100 ha | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 604,300 ha | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 621,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 611,200 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 640,400 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 585,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 599,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 592,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 601,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 546,300 ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 542,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 538,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 460,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 2000 | 367,000 ha | -20.2% |
| 2001 | 430,000 ha | +17.2% |
| 2002 | 283,000 ha | -34.2% |
| 2003 | 363,000 ha | +28.3% |
| 2004 | 373,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 360,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 403,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 360,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 339,400 ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 375,500 ha | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 388,730 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 310,000 ha | -20.3% |
| 2012 | 315,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 298,740 ha | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 234,000 ha | -21.7% |
| 2015 | 252,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 281,133 ha | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 226,417 ha | -19.5% |
| 2018 | 202,686 ha | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 134,877 ha | -33.5% |
| 2020 | 131,578 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 134,569 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 108,712 ha | -19.2% |
| 2023 | 92,540 ha | -14.9% |
| 2024 | 85,986 ha | -7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 479,556 ha | 441,000 ha | 522,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 561,070 ha | 466,800 ha | 621,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 597,640 ha | 497,900 ha | 639,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 571,520 ha | 460,000 ha | 640,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 365,390 ha | 283,000 ha | 430,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 264,358 ha | 134,877 ha | 388,730 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 110,677 ha | 85,986 ha | 134,569 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in India?
- Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in India was 85,986 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 640,400 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,986 ha in 2024.
- How does India rank for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- India ranks 8th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — 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.