Peas, dry — Area harvested in India
India: Peas, dry — Area harvested was 771,985 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peas, dry — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peas, dry — area harvested in India stood at 771,985 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, dry — area harvested in India peaked at 1.33 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 429,200 ha, in 1981.
India ranks 6th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Peas, dry — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.18 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.26 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 1.33 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 1.30 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 1.12 million ha | -13.7% |
| 1966 | 1.11 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 1.10 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 1.03 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 1.04 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 988,800 ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 917,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 869,300 ha | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 806,800 ha | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 765,300 ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 687,500 ha | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 705,100 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 671,600 ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 607,600 ha | -9.5% |
| 1979 | 617,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 477,700 ha | -22.6% |
| 1981 | 429,200 ha | -10.2% |
| 1982 | 432,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 450,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 443,800 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 443,500 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 502,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1987 | 478,900 ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 431,300 ha | -9.9% |
| 1989 | 443,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 507,000 ha | +14.4% |
| 1991 | 554,800 ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 578,600 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 608,500 ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 691,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1995 | 758,200 ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 764,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 731,100 ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 741,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 834,200 ha | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 791,500 ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 654,700 ha | -17.3% |
| 2002 | 670,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 663,600 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 709,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 791,200 ha | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 777,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 743,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 611,700 ha | -17.7% |
| 2009 | 718,300 ha | +17.4% |
| 2010 | 764,400 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 727,200 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 756,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 767,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 963,000 ha | +25.6% |
| 2015 | 975,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 903,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 1.06 million ha | +17.3% |
| 2018 | 825,210 ha | -22.1% |
| 2019 | 606,720 ha | -26.5% |
| 2020 | 597,297 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 637,566 ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 761,959 ha | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 838,961 ha | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 771,985 ha | -8.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 771,985 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,410 ha, 120.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.16 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 763,650 ha | 607,600 ha | 988,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 453,200 ha | 429,200 ha | 502,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 676,950 ha | 507,000 ha | 834,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 713,230 ha | 611,700 ha | 791,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 834,641 ha | 606,720 ha | 1.06 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 721,554 ha | 597,297 ha | 838,961 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 3 Canada 1.28 million ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 29,234 ha compare
- 4 China 933,395 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 933,395 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 17,811 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,736 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,700 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia 215,377 ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 210,400 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 2,923 ha compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 198,963 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 peas, dry — area harvested in India?
- Peas, dry — area harvested in India was 771,985 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, dry — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest peas, dry — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 429,200 ha in 1981.
- How does India rank for peas, dry — area harvested?
- India ranks 6th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. 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 Peas, dry — 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.