Pears — Area harvested in India
India: Pears — Area harvested was 35,023 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 35,023 ha for pears — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in India peaked at 45,285 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,100 ha, in 1961.
India ranks 4th of 87 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 6,700 ha | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 7,700 ha | +14.9% |
| 1965 | 7,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 8,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 8,600 ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 9,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 8,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 9,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 9,700 ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 10,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11,700 ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 13,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 13,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 21,471 ha | +56.7% |
| 1988 | 22,326 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 22,750 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 29,638 ha | +30.3% |
| 1991 | 19,000 ha | -35.9% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 21,693 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 21,751 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 22,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 22,375 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 22,432 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 23,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 25,346 ha | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 26,530 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 28,229 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 29,685 ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 32,452 ha | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 35,088 ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 37,074 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 40,041 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 41,489 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 42,638 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 44,713 ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 44,598 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 45,285 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 43,296 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 42,280 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 42,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 40,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 44,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 44,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 42,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 43,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 42,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 44,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 35,000 ha | -20.5% |
| 2024 | 35,023 ha | +0.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 35,023 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,602 ha, 13.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +56.7% | 13,700 ha | 21,471 ha |
| 1991 | -35.9% | 29,638 ha | 19,000 ha |
| 1990 | +30.3% | 22,750 ha | 29,638 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,378 ha | 6,100 ha | 8,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,390 ha | 8,600 ha | 10,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,155 ha | 10,600 ha | 22,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,439 ha | 19,000 ha | 29,638 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,857 ha | 25,346 ha | 42,638 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,217 ha | 40,000 ha | 45,285 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,805 ha | 35,000 ha | 44,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 978,380 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 973,085 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 22,258 ha compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,024 ha compare
- 3 USSR 120,000 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 3,690 ha compare
- 5 Yugoslav SFR 24,760 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,273 ha compare
- 6 Italy 20,570 ha compare
- 7 Argentina 19,900 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 2,071 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 pears — area harvested in India?
- Pears — area harvested in India was 35,023 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 45,285 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,100 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for pears — area harvested?
- India ranks 4th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. 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 Pears — 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.