Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in India
India: Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 712,459 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 712,459 ha for other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in India peaked at 836,000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places India 1st out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 230,000 ha | — |
| 1963 | 240,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 257,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 261,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 258,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 260,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 273,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 291,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 352,600 ha | +21.2% |
| 1971 | 438,300 ha | +24.3% |
| 1972 | 321,700 ha | -26.6% |
| 1973 | 355,300 ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 324,900 ha | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 314,200 ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 330,200 ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 584,600 ha | +77.0% |
| 1978 | 473,600 ha | -19.0% |
| 1979 | 368,700 ha | -22.1% |
| 1980 | 378,600 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 450,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1982 | 435,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 529,800 ha | +21.8% |
| 1984 | 490,600 ha | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 491,300 ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 505,100 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 702,100 ha | +39.0% |
| 1988 | 483,600 ha | -31.1% |
| 1989 | 465,400 ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 497,600 ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 470,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 504,800 ha | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 613,200 ha | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 579,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 547,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 588,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 647,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 686,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 556,300 ha | -19.0% |
| 2000 | 545,300 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 596,300 ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 397,500 ha | -33.3% |
| 2003 | 633,600 ha | +59.4% |
| 2004 | 507,600 ha | -19.9% |
| 2005 | 512,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 499,300 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 559,500 ha | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 578,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 541,000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 725,600 ha | +34.1% |
| 2011 | 776,516 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 740,990 ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 740,337 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 680,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 737,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 768,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 526,000 ha | -31.5% |
| 2018 | 836,000 ha | +58.9% |
| 2019 | 824,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 742,790 ha | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 709,950 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 722,150 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 728,372 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 712,459 ha | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 230,000 ha | 0 ha | 291,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 386,410 ha | 314,200 ha | 584,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 493,210 ha | 378,600 ha | 702,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 568,940 ha | 470,000 ha | 686,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 537,050 ha | 397,500 ha | 633,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 735,444 ha | 526,000 ha | 836,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 723,144 ha | 709,950 ha | 742,790 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in India?
- Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in India was 712,459 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 836,000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, 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.