Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in India
India: Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested was 16,686 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in India stood at 16,686 ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in India peaked at 23,819 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9,000 ha, in 1962.
That places India 10th out of 91 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.
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 10,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 10,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 11,500 ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 12,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 13,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 14,700 ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 14,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 15,500 ha | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 15,800 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 13,500 ha | -14.6% |
| 1985 | 15,500 ha | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | +16.1% |
| 1987 | 11,658 ha | -35.2% |
| 1988 | 14,874 ha | +27.6% |
| 1989 | 15,122 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 15,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 17,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 18,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 18,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 19,935 ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 20,099 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 22,654 ha | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 23,819 ha | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 22,664 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 22,327 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 21,989 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 21,648 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 21,282 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 20,933 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 20,583 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 20,231 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 19,879 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 19,525 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 18,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 17,553 ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 18,381 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 18,538 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 18,798 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 18,578 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 18,338 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 19,168 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 16,488 ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 16,686 ha | +1.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 16,686 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,700 ha, 3.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,644 ha | 9,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,500 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,865 ha | 11,658 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,349 ha | 15,500 ha | 22,654 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,536 ha | 19,879 ha | 23,819 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,680 ha | 17,553 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,852 ha | 16,488 ha | 19,168 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 7 Mexico 32,876 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 6,586 ha compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 4,229 ha compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 21,946 ha compare
- 9 Republic of Korea 20,554 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,263 ha compare
- 11 Algeria 16,166 ha compare
- 12 Morocco 15,449 ha compare
- 13 Brazil 15,395 ha 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 peaches and nectarines — area harvested in India?
- Peaches and nectarines — area harvested in India was 16,686 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 23,819 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,000 ha in 1962.
- How does India rank for peaches and nectarines — area harvested?
- India ranks 10th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. 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 Peaches and nectarines — 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.