Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in India
India: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 414,334 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 414,334 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in India peaked at 508,100 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 260,000 ha, in 2001.
India ranks 3rd of 139 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 401,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 418,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 405,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 441,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 394,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1966 | 377,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 423,500 ha | +12.3% |
| 1968 | 423,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 439,800 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 437,900 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 446,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 458,300 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 444,900 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 461,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 380,600 ha | -17.5% |
| 1976 | 368,200 ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 432,400 ha | +17.4% |
| 1978 | 504,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 409,300 ha | -18.9% |
| 1980 | 425,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 451,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 443,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 502,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 439,700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 436,600 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 397,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 389,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 318,000 ha | -18.3% |
| 1989 | 377,000 ha | +18.6% |
| 1990 | 413,100 ha | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 410,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 427,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 418,500 ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 384,800 ha | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 381,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 394,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 428,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 464,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 508,100 ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 433,400 ha | -14.7% |
| 2001 | 260,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 2002 | 350,000 ha | +34.6% |
| 2003 | 330,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 369,700 ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 366,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 372,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 370,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 350,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 390,690 ha | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 444,280 ha | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 490,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 460,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 445,873 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 424,511 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 430,962 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 435,530 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 431,801 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 427,979 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 425,736 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 419,350 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 409,289 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 418,125 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 415,588 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 414,334 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 413,644 ha | 377,000 ha | 441,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 434,440 ha | 368,200 ha | 504,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 418,090 ha | 318,000 ha | 502,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 422,930 ha | 381,000 ha | 508,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 359,309 ha | 260,000 ha | 433,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 441,667 ha | 424,511 ha | 490,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 415,337 ha | 409,289 ha | 419,350 ha | 5 |
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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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in India?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in India was 414,334 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 508,100 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 260,000 ha in 2001.
- How does India rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- India ranks 3rd out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.