Wood charcoal — Production, per capita in India
India: Wood charcoal — Production, per capita was 0.002 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita in India, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wood charcoal — production, per capita in India is 0.002 t per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood charcoal — production, per capita in India peaked at 0.0026 t per person in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 t per person, in 2001.
That places India 92nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita in India, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0019 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0019 t per person | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0019 t per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0019 t per person | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0019 t per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0019 t per person | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0019 t per person | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0019 t per person | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0019 t per person | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0019 t per person | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0019 t per person | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.002 t per person | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.002 t per person | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.002 t per person | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0019 t per person | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.002 t per person | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0019 t per person | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0019 t per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.002 t per person | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0019 t per person | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0019 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0019 t per person | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0019 t per person | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0019 t per person | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0019 t per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0018 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0018 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0018 t per person | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0018 t per person | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0017 t per person | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0017 t per person | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0017 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0017 t per person | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0017 t per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0017 t per person | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0017 t per person | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0016 t per person | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0016 t per person | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0016 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0016 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0016 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0025 t per person | +63.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0026 t per person | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0025 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0025 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0025 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0024 t per person | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0024 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0024 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0023 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0023 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0023 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0022 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0022 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0022 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0021 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0021 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0021 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0021 t per person | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0021 t per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.002 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.002 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.002 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.002 t per person | -0.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.002 t per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0041 t per person, 49% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- India's 0.002 t per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.002 t per person, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood charcoal — Production, per capita in India changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +63.1% | 0.0016 t per person | 0.0025 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0019 t per person | 0.0019 t per person | 0.0019 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0019 t per person | 0.0019 t per person | 0.002 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0019 t per person | 0.0018 t per person | 0.0019 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0017 t per person | 0.0016 t per person | 0.0017 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0023 t per person | 0.0016 t per person | 0.0026 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0022 t per person | 0.0021 t per person | 0.0023 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.002 t per person | 0.002 t per person | 0.0021 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 89 Solomon Islands 0.002 t per person compare
- 90 Croatia 0.002 t per person compare
- 91 French Polynesia 0.002 t per person compare
- 93 Bangladesh 0.002 t per person compare
- 94 Honduras 0.0019 t per person compare
- 95 Colombia 0.0019 t per person compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood charcoal — production, per capita in India?
- Wood charcoal — production, per capita in India was 0.002 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood charcoal — production, per capita recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0026 t per person in 2003.
- What is the lowest wood charcoal — production, per capita recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 t per person in 2001.
- How does India rank for wood charcoal — production, per capita?
- India ranks 92nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood charcoal — production, per capita rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood charcoal — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood charcoal — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood charcoal — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood charcoal — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wood charcoal — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.