Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in India
India: Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield was 331.2 kg/ha in 1990. ▼ Falling
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in India, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 1990, other pulses n.e.c. — yield in India stood at 331.2 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.0% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — yield in India peaked at 474.4 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 293 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places India 111th out of 114 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 403.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 414.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 401.9 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 450.2 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1965 | 444 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 382.8 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1967 | 395.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 437.6 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1969 | 444.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 474.4 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 457.3 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 452.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 359.7 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1974 | 388.4 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 432.4 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 440 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 337.8 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1978 | 368.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 360.8 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 293 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1981 | 351.2 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1982 | 321.3 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 370.1 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1984 | 438.4 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1985 | 376.6 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1986 | 407.4 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 410.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 390.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 424.7 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 331.2 kg/ha | -22.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 331.2 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 859 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- India's 331.2 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 849.1 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 419.41 kg/ha | 382.8 kg/ha | 450.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 407.15 kg/ha | 337.8 kg/ha | 474.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 378.43 kg/ha | 293 kg/ha | 438.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 331.2 kg/ha | 331.2 kg/ha | 331.2 kg/ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near India
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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — yield in India?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — yield in India was 331.2 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 474.4 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 293 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does India rank for other pulses n.e.c. — yield?
- India ranks 111th out of 114 countries with data for 1990.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. 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. — 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.