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Telling India's Stories Through Numbers
Share in India's Kiwi production (%):🥝🇮🇳

Arunachal Pradesh - 40.73%
Manipur - 16.12%
Sikkim - 12.54%
Nagaland - 9.47%
Meghalaya - 8.49%
Mizoram - 5.95%
Himachal Pradesh - 5.43%

(NHB)
July 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Coconut productivity (Nuts/ hectare):🥥🇮🇳

Andhra Pradesh - 15,899
West Bengal - 12,790
Tamil Nadu - 12,367
Karnataka - 10,894
Gujarat - 9,265
Maharashtra - 8,384
Odisha - 7,269
Kerala - 7,211

(Coconut Development Board)
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Share in India's Papaya production (%):🍋🇮🇳

Gujarat: 20.37%
Andhra Pradesh: 18.66%
Maharashtra: 10.58%
Madhya Pradesh: 10.49%
Chhattisgarh: 7.13%
West Bengal: 6.57%
Karnataka: 5.75%
Tamil Nadu: 4.15%

(NHB)
March 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Top Ten Countries for Average Annual Net Gain in Forest Area between 2010–2020 (1,000 ha/yr):

🇨🇳 China – 1,937
🇦🇺 Australia – 446
🇮🇳 India – 266
🇨🇱 Chile – 149
🇻🇳 Viet Nam – 126
🇹🇷 Türkiye – 114
🇺🇸 U.S – 108
🇫🇷 France – 83
🇮🇹 Italy – 54
🇷🇴 Romania – 41

(Global Forest Resources Assessment)
January 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Number of Tariff Lines (2020):

Russia🇷🇺: 2,703
EU🇪🇺: 2,101
Japan🇯🇵: 1,951
S Korea🇰🇷: 1,737
US🇺🇸: 1,705
India🇮🇳: 1,527
China🇨🇳: 1,169
Brazil🇧🇷: 1,064
Australia🇦🇺: 856

(WTO ITC UNCTAD)
Explainer: The number of tariff lines indicates how complicated tariff structure a country has.
January 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Maha Kumbh crosses 20 Crore milestone for pilgrims bathing at holy Sangam:🕉️🇮🇳

14 Jan: 3.5 Crore
17 Jan: 7.0 Crore
20 Jan: 8.8 Crore
21 Jan: 9.2 Crore
23 Jan: 10.0 Crore
28 Jan: 20.0 Crore (5 Crore took dip yesterday)

(Ministry of Culture)
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
India’s share in global ghee production (%):🇮🇳🥛

🐃Buffalo milk: 86.6%
🐄Cow milk: 59.8%

(FAO Stats)
January 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Category wise share of complaints received by RBI Ombudsmen (F.Y.2023-24):🇮🇳

Mobile / electronic banking: 22.48%
Loans and Advances: 22.47%
Opening/Operation of Deposit accounts: 19.15%
Credit Cards: 13.73%
ATM /CDM/ Debit Cards: 10.41%
Others: 11.76%

(RBI)
January 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Share in Global Wheat Production, 2023 (%):

🇨🇳 China: 17.34%
🇪🇺 E.U.: 16.97%
🇮🇳 India: 14.04%
🇷🇺 Russia: 11.78%
🇺🇸 U.S.: 6.26%
🇨🇦 Canada: 4.06%
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 3.58%
🇦🇺 Australia: 3.30%
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 2.86%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 2.79%
🌍 Others: 17.02%

(FAO)
January 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
These 6 states produce 90% of India's total Cashew Nut:🇮🇳

🌰 Maharashtra: 32.9%
🌰 Andhra Pradesh:14.3%
🌰 Odisha: 12.0%
🌰 Karnataka: 10.9%
🌰 Kerala: 10.8%
🌰 TN: 8.7%

(HSD)
January 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Global Two-Wheeler Sales (2023) - Market Share (%):🏍️

India 🇮🇳: 27%
China 🇨🇳: 25%
Indonesia 🇮🇩: 10%
Vietnam 🇻🇳: 5%
Brazil 🇧🇷: 3%
Thailand 🇹🇭: 3%
Philippines 🇵🇭: 3%
Africa 🌍: 3%
Europe 🇪🇺: 2%
Mexico 🇲🇽: 2%
Pakistan 🇵🇰: 2%

(SIAM)
December 25, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Consumption by FY (In Million Tonnes):🇮🇳

LPG:
2014: 16.29
2023: 28.50
% Change: +75.1%

Petrol:
2014: 17.13
2023: 34.98
% Change: +104.9%

Diesel:
2014: 68.36
2023: 85.90
% Change: +25.7%

Kerosene:
2014: 7.16
2023: 0.49
% Change: -93.1%

ATF:
2014: 5.50
2023: 7.37
% Change: +33.9%

(MoPG)
December 22, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Area under forest cover in India (In lakh sq km):🌲🌳🇮🇳

2023: 7.15
2019: 7.12
2017: 7.08
2015: 7.01
2013: 6.98
2003: 6.78
1997: 6.33
1987: 6.40

(Forest Survey)
December 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
📈 India's Trade Performance (2019-20 to 2023-24)(In US$ Billion):🇮🇳

Exports: 🚀 Rose by 47.79%
📊 2019-20: $526.55B ➡️ 2023-24: $778.19B

Imports: 📦 Increased by 41.59%
📊 2019-20: $602.98B ➡️ 2023-24: $853.73B

(MoC&I)
December 18, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Share In Total Agricultural Exports (2023-24):🇮🇳

Marine Products: 15.11%
Basmati Rice: 11.97%
Non-Basmati Rice: 9.37%
Spices: 8.71%
Buffalo Meat: 7.67%
Sugar: 5.79%
Oil Meals: 3.51%
Misc. Processed Items: 3.39%
Coffee: 2.64%
Fresh Fruits: 2.35%
Others: 29.49%

(MoC&I)
December 18, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Natural rubber production share, 2023-24 (%):🇮🇳

Kerala: 71.13%
Tripura: 10.68%
Karnataka: 6.16%
Assam: 5.43%
Tamil Nadu: 2.78%
Meghalaya: 1.37%
Other States: 2.44%

(Rubber Board)
December 18, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Electronic Goods Export from India (₹ Crore):🇮🇳

2019-20: ₹71,556 Cr
2020-21: ₹77,329 Cr
2021-22: ₹60,395 Cr
2022-23: ₹1,89,410 Cr
2023-24: ₹2,41,171 Cr

(MeITY)
December 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
India to remain the fastest-growing major economy in 2024.🇮🇳

IMF's October growth forecast:

🇮🇳 India: 7.0%
🇨🇳 China: 4.8%
🇷🇺 Russia: 3.6%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2.9%
🇺🇸 U.S.: 2.8%
🇪🇸 Spain: 2.9%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 1.5%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 3.0%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 1.5%
🇫🇷 France: 1.1%
🇯🇵 Japan: 0.3%
🇮🇹 Italy: 0.7%
🇬🇧 UK: 1.1%
🇩🇪 Germany: 0.0%
December 2, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Share in personal loan disbursed by Indian banks (%):💵🇮🇳

🏠Housing: 48.6%
💳Credit Cards: 4.9%
🚘Vehicle/ Auto: 11.1%
🧑‍🎓Education: 2.3%
Other personal loans: 33.1%

As of March 2024
(RBI Financial Stability Report, June 2024)
December 2, 2024 at 4:40 AM
🚗 Cars per 1,000 People, 2023:

🇺🇸 U.S.: 680
🇪🇺 European Union: 516
🇯🇵🇰🇷 Japan & Korea: 480
🇨🇳 China: 202
🌍 Middle East: 137
🇮🇳 India: 35
🌍 Africa: 27

(IEA)
December 2, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Share in India’s Watermelon production (%):🍉🇮🇳

Uttar Pradesh: 20.54%
Andhra Pradesh: 17.56%
Tamil Nadu: 15.32%
Madhya Pradesh: 12.53%
Odisha: 8.61%
West Bengal: 6.13%
Karnataka: 4.90%

(MoA&FW, Based on 3rd Advanced Estimates)
November 27, 2024 at 5:46 AM
🌐 Crude Oil Consumption Per Day, 2023 (In Million Barrels):🛢️

🇺🇸 U.S.: 19.0
🇨🇳 China: 16.6
🇮🇳 India: 5.4
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 4.1
🇷🇺 Russia: 3.6
🇯🇵 Japan: 3.4
🇰🇷 South Korea: 2.8
🇧🇷 Brazil: 2.6
🇨🇦 Canada: 2.4
🇩🇪 Germany: 2.0

(EISRWE)
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Share of greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector (%):🌾

2000: 23.00%
2010: 18.00%
2019: 13.44%

(MoE&F)
November 26, 2024 at 4:47 AM
🌴 Top Coconut Producer by FY (% of All India Production): 🥥🇮🇳

2022: Karnataka (30.83%)
2021: Kerala (33.48%)
2020: Kerala (34.37%)
2019: Kerala (36.09%)
2018: Kerala (35.14%)
2017: Kerala (30.98%)
2016: Kerala (33.51%)
2015: Tamil Nadu (33.84%)

(NHB)
November 26, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Species wise Milk contribution (2022-23):🇮🇳

🐃Buffalo Indigenous: 31.94%
🐃Buffalo non-descript: 12.87%
🐄Cow Crossbreed: 29.81%
🐄Cow Indigenous: 10.73%
🐄Cow non-descript: 9.51%
🐄Cow Exotic: 1.86%
🐐Goat: 3.30%

(DAHD)

A nondescript cattle does not have any recognized breed characteristics.
November 26, 2024 at 4:45 AM