Pulses, Total — Area harvested in India
India: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 28.01 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in India is 28.01 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in India peaked at 36.66 million ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 20.41 million ha, in 2001.
That places India 1st out of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23.81 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 23.99 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 24.22 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 24.40 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 23.61 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 22.33 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 22.42 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 22.50 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 21.32 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 22.36 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 22.26 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 22.12 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 22.05 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 23.13 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 22.38 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 23.73 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 23.05 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 23.47 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 23.21 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 22.91 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 22.22 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 23.39 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 23.28 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 23.49 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 23.13 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 24.19 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 22.52 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 21.97 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 23.37 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 23.41 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 36.66 million ha | +56.6% |
| 1992 | 35.31 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 33.31 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 32.38 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 33.35 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 27.44 million ha | -17.7% |
| 1997 | 22.23 million ha | -19.0% |
| 1998 | 22.71 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 22.95 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 21.98 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 20.41 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 21.24 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 22.23 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 23.10 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 22.12 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 22.36 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 24.01 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 21.96 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 22.85 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 25.02 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 25.28 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 23.25 million ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 23.64 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 24.88 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 24.87 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 27.96 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 29.02 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 30.71 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 27.86 million ha | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 27.88 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 29.47 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 28.71 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 28.43 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 28.01 million ha | -1.5% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 28.01 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 226.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- India's 28.01 million ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 140,212 ha, 199.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +56.6% | 23.41 million ha | 36.66 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.18 million ha | 21.32 million ha | 24.40 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.78 million ha | 22.05 million ha | 23.73 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.05 million ha | 21.97 million ha | 24.19 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.98 million ha | 22.23 million ha | 36.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.23 million ha | 20.41 million ha | 24.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.25 million ha | 23.25 million ha | 30.71 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.50 million ha | 27.88 million ha | 29.47 million 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 pulses, total — area harvested in India?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in India was 28.01 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 36.66 million ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.41 million ha in 2001.
- How does India rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.