{ "meta": { "dossier": "farms", "frequency": "annual", "base": "ministry final estimates", "unit": "per series", "source": "Reserve Bank of India, DBIE (agriculture ministry and food ministry data), via the Data Bank", "vintage": "2026-10-10", "mock": false, "geo": "IND", "latestPeriod": "2024-04", "releaseDate": null, "revisionPolicy": "Advance estimates are revised until the ministry's final estimates; final figures change rarely. The latest year is kept apart as an advance estimate, never joined to the final years.", "periodKind": "fy", "coverage": "All India, 16 crops and crop groups, yield per hectare, 1950-51 on", "stage": "final estimates (every year the Handbook does not flag as an advance estimate)", "note": "Yield per hectare (DBIE reports 886 and 887), kg per hectare, as RBI prints it (production over area, computed by the ministry). Cotton yield is kg of lint per hectare. Crop years (July to June), dated at April of their first year. 2025-26, the third advance estimates, is a different ruler and lives in farms-advance; it is never joined to these years." }, "dates": [ "1950-04-01", "1951-04-01", "1952-04-01", "1953-04-01", "1954-04-01", "1955-04-01", "1956-04-01", "1957-04-01", "1958-04-01", "1959-04-01", "1960-04-01", "1961-04-01", "1962-04-01", "1963-04-01", "1964-04-01", "1965-04-01", "1966-04-01", "1967-04-01", "1968-04-01", "1969-04-01", "1970-04-01", "1971-04-01", "1972-04-01", "1973-04-01", "1974-04-01", "1975-04-01", "1976-04-01", "1977-04-01", "1978-04-01", "1979-04-01", "1980-04-01", "1981-04-01", "1982-04-01", "1983-04-01", "1984-04-01", "1985-04-01", "1986-04-01", "1987-04-01", "1988-04-01", "1989-04-01", "1990-04-01", "1991-04-01", "1992-04-01", "1993-04-01", "1994-04-01", "1995-04-01", "1996-04-01", "1997-04-01", "1998-04-01", "1999-04-01", "2000-04-01", "2001-04-01", "2002-04-01", "2003-04-01", "2004-04-01", "2005-04-01", "2006-04-01", "2007-04-01", "2008-04-01", "2009-04-01", "2010-04-01", "2011-04-01", "2012-04-01", "2013-04-01", "2014-04-01", "2015-04-01", "2016-04-01", "2017-04-01", "2018-04-01", "2019-04-01", "2020-04-01", "2021-04-01", "2022-04-01", "2023-04-01", "2024-04-01" ], "series": { "rice": { "name": "yield_rice", "label": "Rice", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "rice", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 668, 714, 764, 902, 820, 874, 900, 790, 930, 937, 1013, 1028, 931, 1033, 1078, 862, 863, 1032, 1076, 1073, 1123, 1141, 1070, 1151, 1045, 1235, 1089, 1308, 1328, 1074, 1336, 1308, 1231, 1457, 1417, 1552, 1471, 1465, 1689, 1745, 1740, 1751, 1744, 1888, 1911, 1797, 1882, 1900, 1921, 1986, 1901, 2079, 1744, 2077, 1984, 2102, 2131, 2202, 2178, 2125, 2239, 2393, 2461, 2424, 2390, 2400, 2494, 2576, 2638, 2722, 2717, 2797.647447, 2838, 2882, 2929 ] }, "wheat": { "name": "yield_wheat", "label": "Wheat", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "wheat", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 663, 653, 763, 750, 803, 708, 695, 682, 789, 772, 851, 890, 793, 730, 913, 827, 887, 1103, 1169, 1208, 1307, 1380, 1271, 1172, 1338, 1410, 1387, 1480, 1568, 1436, 1630, 1691, 1816, 1843, 1870, 2046, 1916, 2002, 2244, 2121, 2281, 2394, 2327, 2380, 2559, 2483, 2679, 2485, 2590, 2778, 2708, 2762, 2610, 2713, 2602, 2619, 2708, 2802, 2907, 2839, 2988, 3177, 3117, 3075, 2872, 3034, 3200, 3368, 3533, 3440, 3521, 3537.337084, 3521, 3559, 3595 ] }, "coarse_cereals": { "name": "yield_coarse_cereals", "label": "Coarse cereals", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "coarse_cereals", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 408, 414, 462, 506, 520, 449, 473, 495, 519, 522, 528, 519, 556, 540, 514, 483, 533, 608, 545, 578, 665, 564, 548, 623, 606, 694, 689, 710, 721, 652, 695, 733, 685, 813, 795, 664, 675, 721, 814, 922, 900, 778, 1063, 939, 929, 940, 1072, 986, 1068, 1034, 1027, 1131, 966, 1221, 1153, 1172, 1182, 1431, 1459, 1212, 1531, 1590, 1617, 1677, 1729, 1579, 1750, 1934, 1944, 1991, 2128, 2251.107497, 2381, 2283, 2482 ] }, "cereals": { "name": "yield_cereals", "label": "Cereals", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "cereals", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ 542, 557, 608, 678, 664, 639, 664, 630, 707, 713, 753, 763, 733, 757, 817, 676, 707, 840, 843, 865, 949, 936, 886, 918, 907, 1041, 985, 1100, 1136, 982, 1142, 1157, 1151, 1296, 1285, 1323, 1266, 1315, 1493, 1530, 1571, 1574, 1654, 1701, 1763, 1703, 1831, 1775, 1856, 1925, 1844, 1980, 1753, 1983, 1903, 1968, 2021, 2151, 2183, 2075, 2256, 2415, 2449, 2438, 2373, 2392, 2525, 2657, 2752, 2772, 2824.2, 2899.451521, 2939, 2945, 3023 ] }, "pulses": { "name": "yield_pulses", "label": "Pulses", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Pulses", "crop": "pulses", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 441, 448, 463, 489, 500, 476, 495, 424, 541, 475, 539, 485, 475, 416, 520, 438, 377, 534, 490, 531, 524, 501, 474, 427, 455, 533, 494, 510, 515, 385, 473, 483, 519, 548, 526, 547, 506, 515, 598, 549, 578, 533, 573, 598, 610, 552, 635, 567, 634, 635, 544, 607, 543, 635, 577, 598, 612, 625, 659, 630, 691, 699, 789, 764, 744, 656, 786, 853, 757, 823, 885, 888.395788, 902, 881, 926 ] }, "foodgrains": { "name": "yield_foodgrains", "label": "Foodgrains", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Foodgrains", "crop": "foodgrains", "color": "#2E4BD8", "data": [ 522, 536, 580, 640, 631, 605, 629, 587, 672, 662, 710, 706, 680, 687, 757, 629, 644, 783, 781, 805, 872, 858, 813, 827, 824, 944, 894, 991, 1022, 876, 1023, 1032, 1035, 1162, 1149, 1175, 1128, 1173, 1331, 1349, 1380, 1382, 1457, 1501, 1546, 1491, 1614, 1552, 1627, 1704, 1626, 1734, 1535, 1727, 1652, 1715, 1756, 1860, 1909, 1798, 1930, 2078, 2129, 2101, 2070, 2056, 2129, 2235, 2286, 2343, 2394, 2424.664285, 2494, 2515, 2601 ] }, "groundnut": { "name": "yield_groundnut", "label": "Groundnut", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "groundnut", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 775, 649, 611, 811, 766, 752, 783, 734, 828, 708, 745, 725, 695, 769, 814, 554, 604, 759, 653, 720, 834, 823, 585, 845, 724, 935, 747, 866, 835, 805, 736, 972, 732, 940, 898, 719, 841, 855, 1132, 930, 904, 818, 1049, 941, 1027, 1007, 1138, 1040, 1214, 766, 977, 1127, 694, 1357, 1020, 1187, 866, 1459, 1163, 991, 1411, 1323, 995, 1764, 1552, 1465, 1398, 1893, 1422, 2062.5108, 1703, 1777, 2075, 2163, 2073 ] }, "rapeseed_mustard": { "name": "yield_rapeseed_mustard", "label": "Rapeseed and mustard", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "rapeseed_mustard", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 368, 393, 408, 389, 425, 336, 411, 387, 426, 365, 467, 425, 417, 300, 507, 446, 408, 483, 469, 493, 594, 396, 545, 493, 612, 580, 496, 460, 525, 411, 560, 541, 577, 673, 771, 674, 700, 748, 906, 831, 904, 895, 776, 847, 958, 916, 1017, 668, 869, 960, 935, 1002, 854, 1159, 1038, 1117, 1095, 1001, 1143, 1183, 1185, 1121, 1262, 1185, 1083, 1183, 1304, 1410, 1511, 1330.7002, 1524, 1497, 1428, 1444, 1463 ] }, "soyabean": { "name": "yield_soyabean", "label": "Soyabean", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "soyabean", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 426, 426, 819, 829, 768, 975, 988, 940, 975, 568, 728, 741, 637, 735, 768, 764, 584, 582, 892, 801, 1015, 782, 894, 1086, 911, 1012, 987, 1079, 1100, 1138, 822, 940, 762, 1193, 908, 1073, 1063, 1235, 1041, 1024, 1327, 1208, 1353, 1012, 951, 738, 1177, 1058, 1192, 920.7027, 976, 1069, 1145, 985, 1179 ] }, "oilseeds": { "name": "yield_oilseeds", "label": "Oilseeds (nine)", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "oilseeds", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 481, 430, 424, 488, 511, 474, 509, 502, 561, 470, 507, 493, 482, 481, 561, 419, 428, 530, 473, 522, 579, 526, 452, 555, 529, 627, 512, 563, 570, 516, 532, 639, 563, 679, 684, 570, 605, 629, 824, 742, 771, 719, 797, 799, 843, 851, 926, 816, 944, 853, 810, 913, 691, 1064, 885, 1004, 916, 1115, 1006, 958, 1193, 1133, 1168, 1168, 1075, 968, 1195, 1284, 1271, 1224.0303, 1247, 1312, 1368, 1314, 1412 ] }, "sugarcane": { "name": "yield_sugarcane", "label": "Sugarcane", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Commercial crops", "crop": "sugarcane", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 33422, 31786, 29495, 31497, 36303, 32779, 33683, 34325, 37658, 36414, 45549, 42349, 40996, 46353, 46838, 43717, 40336, 40665, 49236, 49121, 48322, 47511, 50933, 51163, 49855, 50903, 53383, 56160, 49114, 49358, 57844, 58359, 56441, 55978, 57673, 59889, 60444, 60006, 60992, 65612, 65395, 66069, 63843, 67120, 71254, 67787, 66496, 71134, 71203, 70935, 68577, 67370, 63576, 59380, 64752, 66919, 69022, 68877, 64553, 70020, 70091, 71668, 68254, 70522, 71511, 70720, 69001, 80198, 80105, 80496.7198, 83566, 84906, 83349, 78953, 83416 ] }, "cotton": { "name": "yield_cotton", "label": "Cotton (lint)", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Fibres", "crop": "cotton", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 88, 85, 89, 100, 100, 88, 104, 105, 104, 86, 125, 103, 122, 119, 122, 104, 114, 123, 122, 122, 106, 151, 127, 142, 161, 138, 144, 157, 167, 160, 152, 166, 163, 141, 196, 197, 169, 168, 202, 252, 225, 216, 257, 249, 257, 242, 265, 208, 224, 225, 190, 186, 191, 307, 318, 362, 421, 467, 403, 403, 499, 491, 486, 510, 462, 415, 512, 443, 378, 454.9269, 451, 428, 443, 436, 440 ] }, "jute_mesta": { "name": "yield_jute_mesta", "label": "Raw jute and mesta", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Fibres", "crop": "jute_mesta", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ 1043, 1074, 1028, 992, 1021, 1038, 977, 944, 1130, 1049, 1049, 1104, 1041, 1130, 1136, 936, 1058, 1137, 855, 1120, 1032, 1107, 1104, 1188, 1068, 1164, 1173, 1108, 1186, 1177, 1130, 1311, 1265, 1320, 1242, 1524, 1454, 1274, 1540, 1646, 1634, 1662, 1658, 1713, 1760, 1712, 1818, 1792, 1722, 1836, 1867, 2007, 1960, 2008, 2019, 2173, 2170, 2101, 2071, 2349, 2197, 2280, 2281, 2512, 2473, 2421, 2585, 2435, 2508, 2640.5523, 2542, 2738, 2570, 2737, 2758 ] }, "tea": { "name": "yield_tea", "label": "Tea", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Plantation crops", "crop": "tea", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 1182, 1221, 1271, 1311, 1353, 1341, 1407, 1519, 1528, 1455, 1491, 1461, 1422, 1468, 1606, 1641, 1508, 1628, 1693, 1652, 1727, 1800, 1664, 1796, 1767, 1770, 1809, 1924, 1804, 1707, 1682, 1670, 1640, 1691, 1739, 1708, 1716, 1706, 1679, 1711, 1726, 1956, 2027, 2121, 2113, 2176, 2165, 2210, 2121, 2138.2656, 2016, 2112, 2219, 2178, 2072 ] }, "coffee": { "name": "yield_coffee", "label": "Coffee", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Plantation crops", "crop": "coffee", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 814, 498, 620, 555, 592, 490, 712, 840, 706, 889, 624, 785, 646, 507, 936, 571, 891, 563, 972, 534, 759, 805, 758, 936, 788, 921, 816, 799, 877, 947, 959, 937, 839, 831, 826, 803, 840, 761, 748, 815, 838, 852, 846, 799, 847, 876, 761, 765, 767, 713, 790, 797, 820, 813, 815 ] }, "tobacco": { "name": "yield_tobacco", "label": "Tobacco", "unit": "kg_per_hectare", "unitNote": "kg per hectare", "group": "Commercial crops", "crop": "tobacco", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 731, 723, 675, 737, 737, 739, 728, 669, 836, 716, 766, 811, 842, 817, 876, 778, 834, 871, 821, 770, 810, 914, 837, 1001, 954, 950, 969, 979, 1109, 1031, 1065, 1172, 1157, 1120, 1113, 1111, 1187, 1155, 1307, 1335, 1353, 1369, 1425, 1463, 1486, 1356, 1444, 1394, 1451, 1211, 1318, 1565, 1506, 1486, 1498, 1351, 1274, 1255, 1456, 1559, 1794, 1613, 1542, 1612.381, 1830, 1781, 2016, 2317, 1610, 1982, 2115, 2118, 2029, 2109, 2110 ] } } }