Papayas — Area harvested in India
India: Papayas — Area harvested was 148,977 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in India is 148,977 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in India peaked at 150,000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1961.
India ranks 1st of 64 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Papayas — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,384 ha | +15.4% |
| 1971 | 11,012 ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 9,953 ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 9,822 ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 10,326 ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 10,864 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 12,180 ha | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 23,258 ha | +91.0% |
| 1978 | 25,628 ha | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 25,685 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 25,684 ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 26,870 ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 27,060 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 26,960 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 32,000 ha | +18.7% |
| 1985 | 31,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 32,959 ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 32,993 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 35,474 ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 35,554 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 36,518 ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 45,200 ha | +23.8% |
| 1992 | 47,412 ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 55,945 ha | +18.0% |
| 1994 | 61,450 ha | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 61,420 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 63,780 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 69,419 ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 67,767 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 60,825 ha | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 70,422 ha | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 73,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 68,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 58,200 ha | -14.4% |
| 2004 | 73,800 ha | +26.8% |
| 2005 | 67,800 ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 72,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 83,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 98,000 ha | +18.1% |
| 2009 | 95,700 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 106,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 117,400 ha | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 132,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 135,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 133,360 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 115,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 132,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 134,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 138,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 149,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 142,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 146,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 150,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 148,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 148,977 ha | +0.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 148,977 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,252 ha, 119.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- India's 148,977 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,231 ha, 121.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — Area harvested in India changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +91.0% | 12,180 ha | 23,258 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,333 ha | 6,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,911 ha | 9,822 ha | 25,685 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,655 ha | 25,684 ha | 35,554 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,974 ha | 36,518 ha | 69,419 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,112 ha | 58,200 ha | 98,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 129,176 ha | 106,000 ha | 149,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 146,995 ha | 142,000 ha | 150,000 ha | 5 |
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)
- 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 papayas — area harvested in India?
- Papayas — area harvested in India was 148,977 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 150,000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for papayas — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — 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.