Rice — Producer Price in India

India: Rice — Producer Price was 16,780 SLC in 2008. ▲ Rising

Latest (2008)
16,780 SLC
Change on year
up 43.0%
World rank
49th
of 84 countries
All-time high
16,780 SLC
in 2008
All-time low
3,648 SLC
in 1991
Years of data
17
1991–2008

Rice — Producer Price in India, 1991–2008

5.0k10.0k15.0k1991199920081991: 3.6k SLC1992: 4.0k SLC1993: 4.3k SLC1994: 4.4k SLC1995: 4.9k SLC1996: 5.5k SLC1997: 4.3k SLC1998: 4.9k SLC1999: 6.2k SLC2000: 6.0k SLC2001: 5.9k SLC2002: 6.0k SLC2003: 6.3k SLC2004: 9.4k SLC2005: 9.0k SLC2006: 11.7k SLC2008: 16.8k SLC

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.

Analysis

In 2008, rice — producer price in India stood at 16,780 SLC. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.0% on the previous year and up 239.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — producer price in India peaked at 16,780 SLC in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,648 SLC, in 1991.

That places India 49th out of 84 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Rice — Producer Price in India, year by year

Annual values for Rice — Producer Price (SLC/tonne) in India, 1991 to 2008.
Year SLC Change
1991 3,648 SLC
1992 3,962 SLC +8.6%
1993 4,311 SLC +8.8%
1994 4,410 SLC +2.3%
1995 4,890 SLC +10.9%
1996 5,474 SLC +11.9%
1997 4,336 SLC -20.8%
1998 4,940 SLC +13.9%
1999 6,224 SLC +26.0%
2000 5,960 SLC -4.2%
2001 5,877 SLC -1.4%
2002 6,034 SLC +2.7%
2003 6,252 SLC +3.6%
2004 9,410 SLC +50.5%
2005 8,980 SLC -4.6%
2006 11,731 SLC +30.6%
2008 16,780 SLC +43.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4,688 SLC 3,648 SLC 6,224 SLC 9
2000s 8,878 SLC 5,877 SLC 16,780 SLC 8

Countries ranked near India

  1. 46 Philippines 23,330 SLC compare
  2. 47 Egypt 18,761 SLC compare
  3. 48 Nicaragua 18,222 SLC compare
  4. 50 Thailand 11,801 SLC compare
  5. 51 Ethiopia 9,760 SLC
  6. 52 Uruguay 9,674 SLC compare

See the full ranking of 94 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rice — producer price in India?
Rice — producer price in India was 16,780 SLC in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest rice — producer price recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 16,780 SLC in 2008.
What is the lowest rice — producer price recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 3,648 SLC in 1991.
How does India rank for rice — producer price?
India ranks 49th out of 84 countries with data for 2008.
Is rice — producer price rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 239.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Producer Price (SLC/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Rice — Producer Price (SLC/tonne)
Unit
SLC
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
94 places, 2,294 data points, 1991–2024
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This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.