Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in India
India: Other pulses n.e.c. — Production was 640,900 t in 1990. ▼ Falling
Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in India, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — production in India is 640,900 t, measured in 1990. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is down 18.9% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — production in India peaked at 1.45 million t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 640,900 t, in 1990.
That places India 1st out of 117 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in India, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.45 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.33 million t | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 1.38 million t | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 1.40 million t | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 1.38 million t | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 981,000 t | -28.9% |
| 1967 | 958,600 t | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 1.05 million t | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 1.07 million t | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 1.13 million t | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 1.18 million t | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 1.22 million t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 855,700 t | -30.1% |
| 1974 | 1.04 million t | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 1.05 million t | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 1.27 million t | +21.5% |
| 1977 | 896,300 t | -29.5% |
| 1978 | 1.10 million t | +22.7% |
| 1979 | 1.11 million t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 752,600 t | -32.3% |
| 1981 | 838,600 t | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 793,300 t | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 887,300 t | +11.8% |
| 1984 | 1.17 million t | +31.6% |
| 1985 | 824,000 t | -29.4% |
| 1986 | 915,900 t | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 861,800 t | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 772,200 t | -10.4% |
| 1989 | 790,600 t | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 640,900 t | -18.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 640,900 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,474 t, 36.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- India's 640,900 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 73,519 t, 8.7× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.22 million t | 958,600 t | 1.45 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.09 million t | 855,700 t | 1.27 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 860,360 t | 752,600 t | 1.17 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 640,900 t | 640,900 t | 640,900 t | 1 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Poland 575,960 t compare
- 3 Bangladesh 429,231 t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 137,221 t compare
- 4 Mozambique 321,693 t 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 other pulses n.e.c. — production in India?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — production in India was 640,900 t in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — production recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.45 million t in 1961.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — production recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 640,900 t in 1990.
- How does India rank for other pulses n.e.c. — production?
- India ranks 1st out of 117 countries with data for 1990.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — production rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 pulses n.e.c. — Production. 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.