Rape or colza seed — Yield in India
India: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 1,444 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in India stood at 1,444 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in India peaked at 1,524 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 300.4 kg/ha, in 1964.
India ranks 52nd of 67 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 467.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 424.9 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 416.7 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 300.4 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1965 | 506.5 kg/ha | +68.6% |
| 1966 | 445.6 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1967 | 408.5 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 483.3 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1969 | 469.2 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 492.8 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 594.4 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1972 | 396.5 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 544.7 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1974 | 493.1 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1975 | 611.8 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1976 | 579.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 495.7 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 460.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 524.9 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 411.5 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1981 | 560.3 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1982 | 541.3 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 576.8 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 673.3 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 770.8 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 673.7 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1987 | 700.5 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 747.9 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 905.8 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1990 | 830.5 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 904.4 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1992 | 894.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 775.1 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1994 | 847.1 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1995 | 950.2 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1996 | 916.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 1,017 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 667.9 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1999 | 869.6 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2000 | 960.4 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 935.3 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 1,002 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 853.8 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 1,159 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2005 | 1,038 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2006 | 1,118 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 1,095 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 1,001 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 1,143 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 1,184 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 1,257 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 1,120 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 1,233 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 1,185 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,085 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 1,180 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 1,304 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 1,410 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 1,511 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 1,331 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2021 | 1,524 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 1,497 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 1,428 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 1,444 kg/ha | +1.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1,444 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,245 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 435.81 kg/ha | 300.4 kg/ha | 506.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 519.39 kg/ha | 396.5 kg/ha | 611.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 656.19 kg/ha | 411.5 kg/ha | 905.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 867.31 kg/ha | 667.9 kg/ha | 1,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,031 kg/ha | 853.8 kg/ha | 1,159 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,247 kg/ha | 1,085 kg/ha | 1,511 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,445 kg/ha | 1,331 kg/ha | 1,524 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in India?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in India was 1,444 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,524 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 300.4 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does India rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- India ranks 52nd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. 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 Rape or colza seed — Yield. 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.