Peas, green — Area harvested in India
India: Peas, green — Area harvested was 611,389 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Peas, green — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 611,389 ha for peas, green — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, green — area harvested in India peaked at 611,389 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60,000 ha, in 1961.
That places India 3rd out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Peas, green — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 62,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 64,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 65,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 67,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 69,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 70,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 73,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 75,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 77,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 80,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 83,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 86,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 90,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 93,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 95,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 97,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 100,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 102,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 107,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 110,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 111,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 115,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 117,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 120,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 135,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 140,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 145,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 147,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 146,388 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 148,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 180,000 ha | +21.6% |
| 1995 | 220,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1996 | 200,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 220,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 270,000 ha | +22.7% |
| 1999 | 280,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 270,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 320,000 ha | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 300,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 305,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 285,200 ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 276,300 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 286,100 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 297,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 313,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 348,000 ha | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 364,900 ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 370,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 408,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 420,900 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 433,560 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 476,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 498,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 530,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 540,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 552,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 568,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 567,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 590,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 609,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 611,389 ha | +0.4% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 611,389 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,602 ha, 92.6× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,222 ha | 60,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90,300 ha | 77,000 ha | 102,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 121,000 ha | 107,000 ha | 140,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 195,639 ha | 145,000 ha | 280,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 300,080 ha | 270,000 ha | 348,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 459,356 ha | 364,900 ha | 552,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 589,078 ha | 567,000 ha | 611,389 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 1.50 million ha compare
- 2 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14,900 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 1.50 million ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 13,799 ha compare
- 4 USSR 84,447 ha compare
- 5 Pakistan 54,409 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 5,499 ha compare
- 6 France 40,810 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 3,015 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, green — area harvested in India?
- Peas, green — area harvested in India was 611,389 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, green — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 611,389 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest peas, green — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for peas, green — area harvested?
- India ranks 3rd out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peas, green — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. 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 Peas, green — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.