Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per capita in India

India: Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per capita was 0.986 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.986 kg per person
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
45th
of 110 countries
All-time high
0.9938 kg per person
in 2021
All-time low
0.3404 kg per person
in 1966
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per capita in India, 1961–2023

0.40.60.81196119922023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for wheat — crop residues (n content), per capita in India is 0.986 kg per person, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wheat — crop residues (n content), per capita in India peaked at 0.9938 kg per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3404 kg per person, in 1966.

India ranks 45th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per capita in India, year by year

Annual values for Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per capita in India, 1961 to 2023.
Year kg per person Change
1961 0.4006 kg per person
1962 0.4242 kg per person +5.9%
1963 0.3821 kg per person -9.9%
1964 0.3499 kg per person -8.4%
1965 0.399 kg per person +14.0%
1966 0.3404 kg per person -14.7%
1967 0.3581 kg per person +5.2%
1968 0.4819 kg per person +34.6%
1969 0.5252 kg per person +9.0%
1970 0.5493 kg per person +4.6%
1971 0.6271 kg per person +14.1%
1972 0.6725 kg per person +7.2%
1973 0.626 kg per person -6.9%
1974 0.548 kg per person -12.5%
1975 0.5762 kg per person +5.2%
1976 0.6668 kg per person +15.7%
1977 0.657 kg per person -1.5%
1978 0.6942 kg per person +5.7%
1979 0.7508 kg per person +8.1%
1980 0.6677 kg per person -11.1%
1981 0.7275 kg per person +9.0%
1982 0.7285 kg per person +0.1%
1983 0.8041 kg per person +10.4%
1984 0.8328 kg per person +3.6%
1985 0.7867 kg per person -5.5%
1986 0.8103 kg per person +3.0%
1987 0.7531 kg per person -7.1%
1988 0.7621 kg per person +1.2%
1989 0.8602 kg per person +12.9%
1990 0.7809 kg per person -9.2%
1991 0.8371 kg per person +7.2%
1992 0.8228 kg per person -1.7%
1993 0.8306 kg per person +1.0%
1994 0.8489 kg per person +2.2%
1995 0.9066 kg per person +6.8%
1996 0.842 kg per person -7.1%
1997 0.9141 kg per person +8.6%
1998 0.8651 kg per person -5.4%
1999 0.9077 kg per person +4.9%
2000 0.947 kg per person +4.3%
2001 0.8504 kg per person -10.2%
2002 0.8702 kg per person +2.3%
2003 0.7777 kg per person -10.6%
2004 0.8354 kg per person +7.4%
2005 0.7854 kg per person -6.0%
2006 0.7807 kg per person -0.6%
2007 0.8375 kg per person +7.3%
2008 0.8525 kg per person +1.8%
2009 0.8596 kg per person +0.8%
2010 0.8505 kg per person -1.1%
2011 0.8969 kg per person +5.5%
2012 0.9605 kg per person +7.1%
2013 0.9347 kg per person -2.7%
2014 0.9463 kg per person +1.2%
2015 0.8557 kg per person -9.6%
2016 0.8928 kg per person +4.3%
2017 0.9372 kg per person +5.0%
2018 0.9354 kg per person -0.2%
2019 0.9562 kg per person +2.2%
2020 0.9883 kg per person +3.3%
2021 0.9938 kg per person +0.6%
2022 0.969 kg per person -2.5%
2023 0.986 kg per person +1.7%

India compared with similar countries

  • India's 0.986 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1033 kg per person, 9.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.4068 kg per person 0.3404 kg per person 0.5252 kg per person 9
1970s 0.6368 kg per person 0.548 kg per person 0.7508 kg per person 10
1980s 0.7733 kg per person 0.6677 kg per person 0.8602 kg per person 10
1990s 0.8556 kg per person 0.7809 kg per person 0.9141 kg per person 10
2000s 0.8396 kg per person 0.7777 kg per person 0.947 kg per person 10
2010s 0.9166 kg per person 0.8505 kg per person 0.9605 kg per person 10
2020s 0.9843 kg per person 0.969 kg per person 0.9938 kg per person 4

Countries ranked near India

  1. 42 Ireland 1.11 kg per person compare
  2. 43 Tajikistan 1.07 kg per person compare
  3. 44 Egypt 1.04 kg per person compare
  4. 46 Nepal 0.9196 kg per person compare
  5. 47 New Zealand 0.9134 kg per person compare
  6. 48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9038 kg per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wheat — crop residues (n content), per capita in India?
Wheat — crop residues (n content), per capita in India was 0.986 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest wheat — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 0.9938 kg per person in 2021.
What is the lowest wheat — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3404 kg per person in 1966.
How does India rank for wheat — crop residues (n content), per capita?
India ranks 45th out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
Is wheat — crop residues (n content), per capita rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per capita
Unit
kg per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
112 places, 5,963 data points, 1961–2023
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Wheat — Crop residues (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.