Cereal yield in India
Cereal farms in India harvested 3,633 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
India, 2024
3,633
Change from 2023
+0.8%
World, 2023
4,229 kg per hectare
Median of G20 countries, 2024
5,003 kg per hectare
Position in 2024
75th of 176
Cereal yield in India over time
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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,633 kg per hectare | – |
| 2023 | 3,602 kg per hectare | 4,229 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 3,564 kg per hectare | 4,186 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 3,528 kg per hectare | 4,176 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 3,391 kg per hectare | 4,118 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 3,394 kg per hectare | 4,122 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 3,301 kg per hectare | 4,022 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 3,128 kg per hectare | 4,067 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 3,013 kg per hectare | 4,018 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 2,852 kg per hectare | 3,932 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 2,991 kg per hectare | 3,893 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 2,970 kg per hectare | 3,830 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 2,998 kg per hectare | 3,612 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 2,885 kg per hectare | 3,656 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 2,666 kg per hectare | 3,563 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 2,563 kg per hectare | 3,558 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 2,644 kg per hectare | 3,545 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 2,582 kg per hectare | 3,371 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 2,449 kg per hectare | 3,281 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 2,400 kg per hectare | 3,276 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 2,337 kg per hectare | 3,359 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 2,386 kg per hectare | 3,119 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 2,226 kg per hectare | 3,076 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 2,426 kg per hectare | 3,133 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 2,287 kg per hectare | 3,061 kg per hectare |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8% from 3,602 kg per hectare in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 2,991 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +21.5%.
- Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, India has the 75th highest value.
More for India
All statistics for India
Agricultural land
59.9%
2024 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
9.8%
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Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.11e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
35.5%e (Estimate)
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Pesticide use
0.24e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
131.8e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT