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Briefing Rooms

India: Basic Information

Key Statistics, Fiscal Years 2000/01-2003/04 1/

 

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (billion 1993-94 rupees)

11,986

12,678

13,183

14,245

Growth rate (percent)

4.4

5.8

4.0

8.1

Per capita (1993-94 rupees)

11,762

12,226

12,496

13,276

Agriculture's share of GDP (percent)

23.9

24.1

22.0

22.2

Exchange rate, rupee/U.S. dollar

45.68

47.69

48.40

45.95

Population (millions)

1,019

1,037

1,055

1,073

Rural population (percent)

NA

72

NA

NA

Agricultural land (million hectares)

Gross cropped area

187.9

NA

NA

NA

Net cropped area

141.1

NA

NA

NA

Area sown more than once

46.8

NA

NA

NA

Net irrigated area

54.7

NA

NA

NA

Principal crop production (million metric tons)

Cereals

185.7

199.5

163.1

196.8

Rice

85.0

93.3

72.7

87.0

Wheat

69.7

72.8

65.1

72.1

Coarse grains

31.1

33.4

25.3

37.8

Pulses

11.1

13.4

11.1

15.2

Major oilseeds

16.5

18.8

13.8

23.1

Peanuts

6.4

7.0

4.4

8.3

Rapeseed

4.2

5.1

3.9

5.8

Soybeans

5.3

6.0

4.6

7.9

Sunflower

0.7

0.7

0.9

1.1

Cotton

1.6

1.7

1.5

2.3

Sugarcane

296.0

297.2

281.6

236.2

Major livestock products

Milk (million metric tons)

80.8

84.8

87.3

91.1

Poultry meat (1,000 metric tons)

1,080

1,250

1,400

1,600

Beef (1,000 metric tons)

1,700

1,770

1,810

1,960

Eggs (billions)

36.6

39.1

40.3

43.1

Exports (million US$)

43,976

43,578

51,312

62,808

Agricultural exports

6,601

6,640

7,172

7,172

Fish and preparations

1,375

1,217

1,393

1,300

Rice

642

662

930

888

Oil cakes

445

471

302

734

Hides and skins

380

461

509

547

Cashew kernels

450

374

422

372

Spices

434

347

348

378

Tea and mate

382

340

320

337

Agriculture's share of total exports (percent)

15

15

14

13

Imports (million US$)

50,046

50,979

60,159

76,706

Agricultural imports

2,777

3,640

3,857

4,818

Fats and oils

1,383

1,483

1,727

2,492

Pulses

110

690

610

561

Raw cotton

260

411

251

327

Raw cashew nuts

211

90

254

301

Hides and skins

191

217

200

226

Agriculture's share of total imports (percent)

6

7

6

6

NA = Not available.
1/ The fiscal year is April/March.
Sources: Economic Survey, 2003/04, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Agricultural Statistics at a Glance, 2004, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India; USDA Production, Supply, and Distribution (PS&D) database, and Agricultural Trade Atlas.

 

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Updated date: March 22, 2005