India, in Infographics: Trade
India’s Farm Sector Grew The Fastest Among The World’s 20 Biggest Agricultural Exporters, 4.4% A Year, Yet It Exports Only 7% Of What It Produces
Growth Of Each Country’s Farm Sector, 2014 To 2024, And Why India, The Fastest Grower, Exports A Small Share Of Its Output. Hover Or Tap A Bar.
Farm Sector Growth (Value Added In Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing At Constant Prices), Compound Annual Rate, 2014 To 2024, For The 20 Largest Exporters Of Crop And Livestock Products. The Dashed Line Is The World Rate. Hover Or Tap A Bar For Exports And Shares.
India’s Growth
4.4%
Fastest Of The 20
Years Of Decline
0 Of 10
India, China, Indonesia
Of World Farm Output
13.4%
2.3% Of Exports
Exports ÷ Output
7%
China 5%
The Bottom Line
India’s Farm Sector Grew 4.4% A Year From 2014 To 2024, The Fastest Among The 20 Biggest Agricultural Exporters. It Exports About 7% Of What It Produces, Because Most Of Its Milk, Fruit And Vegetables Are Sold At Home, Its Seafood Is Counted Separately And Its Exports Lean On Bulk Grain.
What The Data Shows
Fastest Growth
India’s Farm Sector Grew 4.4% A Year From 2014 To 2024, Ahead Of China (4.1%) And The World (3.0%), And Did Not Shrink In Any Year. Only India, China And Australia Grew Faster Than The World Rate. France, Italy, Poland And The United Kingdom Shrank.
Large Producer, Smaller Exporter
India Accounts For 13.4% Of World Farm Output But 2.3% Of World Farm Exports, And Ranks 15th Among Exporters. China Is Similar: 30.1% Of Output, 3.6% Of Exports. The Netherlands, With 0.4% Of Output, Has 6.5% Of Exports.
Where The Produce Goes
Dairy: The World’s Largest Milk Producer Has 0.3% Of World Dairy Exports; Its Milk Is Sold Fresh To Households At Home. Fruit And Vegetables: Among The Top Two Producers, With 1.7% Of World Exports; Thin Cold Chains And Little Processing Keep Produce In Local Markets, And About 7.4 Million Tonnes Of Fruit And 12 Million Tonnes Of Vegetables Are Lost After Harvest Each Year. Fish And Aquaculture: Seafood Exports Of $7.45 Billion In 2024-25, 69% Of It Frozen Shrimp, Sit Outside The Crop And Livestock Figures Used Here. Bulk Commodities: Rice And Other Cereals Make Up 31% Of India’s Farm Exports, With Curbs On Wheat, Rice, Sugar And Onions In 2022 To 2024. Yields: India’s Rice And Wheat Yields Are About 40% Below China’s, And Maize And Pulses About 50% Below; Higher Yields Would Leave Room For Both Rising Demand At Home And More Exports. Europe’s Figures: Include Re-Exports Through Ports Like Rotterdam And Food Processed From Imported Produce, Much Of It Sold Within The EU.
Read With Care
Two Different Measures
Exports Are Gross Sales Values; Output Is Value Added, Net Of Inputs. That Is Why Trading Hubs Show Ratios Above 100%. The Ratio Is An Indicator, Not The Share Of The Harvest Sold Abroad.
Fish Is Outside The Export Figures
FAOSTAT’s Crop And Livestock Trade Leaves Out Fish And Forest Products, While Growth Covers Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing. India’s Seafood Exports Were $7.45 Billion In 2024-25.
Country Choices
EU Members Are Counted Separately, So Trade Between Them Counts As Exports. China Is Mainland China. FAOSTAT’s 2025 Figures Are Estimates And Are Not Used.
Sources & Method
Data
FAOSTAT Bulk Downloads (November 2026): Macro Indicators, Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing) At 2015 US$ Prices For Growth And Current US$ For Shares; Trade, Crops And Livestock Products (Item 1882), Export Value, 2022 To 2024 Averages. Seafood: MPEDA, FY 2024-25. Post-Harvest Losses: NABCONS (2022), Via Lok Sabha Question 1976, 11 December 2025.
Data: FAOSTAT Macro Indicators · FAOSTAT Trade.
