How much wheat does India produce?
DA&FW · released 27 May 2026 · next due by 1 Jan 2027
| Period | Value (million tonnes) |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 120.7 |
| 2024-25 | 117.9 |
| 2023-24 | 113.3 |
| 2022-23 | 110.6 |
| 2021-22 | 107.7 |
| 2020-21 | 109.6 |
| 2019-20 | 107.9 |
| 2018-19 | 103.6 |
| 2017-18 | 99.9 |
| 2016-17 | 98.5 |
| 2015-16 | 92.3 |
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India's wheat production was 120.7 million tonnes in 2025-26, compared with 117.9 million tonnes in 2024-25 (Agriculture Ministry estimates). Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Third Advance Estimates of Production of Food Grains, Oilseeds & Commercial Crops 2025-26, time series.
Cite as: Advance and final estimates of production of foodgrains, oilseeds and commercial crops (Ministry of Agriculture), 2025-26
What this shows
- India's wheat production is estimated at 120.7 million tonnes in 2025-26 (third advance estimates), up from 117.9 million tonnes in 2024-25 and 92.3 million tonnes in 2015-16.
- Output fell only once in the decade shown: from 109.6 million tonnes in 2020-21 to 107.7 million tonnes in 2021-22.
- Wheat is the second-largest foodgrain after rice (154.0 million tonnes) and about a third of total foodgrain output (376.6 million tonnes in 2025-26).
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What exactly is measured
Production of wheat in million tonnes, from the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Wheat is a rabi crop, sown in winter and harvested from March. The latest year is the third advance estimate and will be revised; earlier years are final estimates.
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- 11 periods, latest 2025-26: 120.7 million tonnes · first snapshotArchived source
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- 120.7 million tonnes2025-26, third advance estimates
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