‘Statistical Yearbook’ is a primary tool & indispensable reference for policymakers, researchers and analysts, to understand past, present and future paths of food and agriculture.
Key Observation
- Agriculture’s share in global GDP: Stable at around 4% since 2000.
- Global workforce employed in agriculture: Declined from 40% (2000) to 26% (892 million in 2022.
- Agriculture is 2nd largest employment source after services sector.
- Global Hunger: Affected 9.1 % of world population in 2023, far above pre-COVID-19 pandemic level (7.5%).
Key Findings about India
- Cropland area per capita (ha per capita): Decreased from 0.16 in 2000 to 0.12.
- Agriculture share in total GDP: Declined from 27.9% to 15.9% in 2022 against world average 4.3 & china’s 7.7%.
- Employment: India had largest number of people working in agriculture (226 million) in 2022 followed by china (170 million).
- Share of women in agriculture increased from 32.2 % in 2000 to 36 % in 2022.
- Agriculture production: India is 2nd largest producer of sugar (19%) after Brazil & largest producer of milk (23 %) in 2022.
- Other:
- India’s 6% area is under organic farming in 2022. It is 2ndlargest globally behind Australia (46%).
- India (76 million ha) has largest equipped area for irrigation followed by China (75 million ha).