Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in India
India: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 24,765 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
India recorded 24,765 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in India peaked at 25,824 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,767 kg/ha, in 1962.
India ranks 50th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,326 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,767 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 7,531 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1964 | 7,948 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 9,388 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1966 | 9,186 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 8,909 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 9,837 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1969 | 10,138 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 10,105 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 11,294 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1972 | 11,940 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 11,486 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 11,350 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 11,787 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 12,448 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 12,182 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 12,216 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 12,824 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 12,445 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 13,510 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 12,896 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 13,472 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 14,761 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1985 | 14,750 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 12,920 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1987 | 14,936 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 15,750 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 15,649 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 15,675 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 16,395 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 16,524 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 15,534 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 17,150 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 16,894 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 17,200 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 18,951 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 15,926 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 17,779 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2000 | 19,140 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 19,014 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 19,691 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 17,730 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 19,074 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 19,680 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 19,672 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 17,868 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 20,470 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 20,214 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 20,919 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 23,415 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 22,861 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 23,242 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 23,631 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 22,480 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 20,183 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 21,691 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 23,637 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 23,053 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 23,902 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 24,527 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 25,368 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 25,824 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 24,765 kg/ha | -4.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 24,765 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- India's 24,765 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 14,360 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,559 kg/ha | 6,767 kg/ha | 10,138 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,763 kg/ha | 10,105 kg/ha | 12,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,109 kg/ha | 12,445 kg/ha | 15,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,803 kg/ha | 15,534 kg/ha | 18,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,255 kg/ha | 17,730 kg/ha | 20,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,511 kg/ha | 20,183 kg/ha | 23,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,877 kg/ha | 23,902 kg/ha | 25,824 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in India?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in India was 24,765 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 25,824 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,767 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does India rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- India ranks 50th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.