What is the difference in rice yields between Nepal and Philippines?

0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Nepal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Philippines?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nepal vs Philippines: Rice yields

Nepal

4.19 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Philippines

4.11 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Nepal rank

55th

Philippines rank

58th

Rice yields over time

Nepal
Philippines

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 4.19 tonnes per hectare against 4.11 tonnes per hectare in Philippines, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 55th and Philippines ranks 58th of 124 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 2 and Philippines in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Philippines	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.92 tonnes per hectare	1.34 tonnes per hectare	0.5783 tonnes per hectare	Nepal
1970s	1.89 tonnes per hectare	1.74 tonnes per hectare	0.1469 tonnes per hectare	Nepal
1980s	1.99 tonnes per hectare	2.52 tonnes per hectare	0.5263 tonnes per hectare	Philippines
1990s	2.39 tonnes per hectare	2.87 tonnes per hectare	0.4786 tonnes per hectare	Philippines
2000s	2.74 tonnes per hectare	3.48 tonnes per hectare	0.7441 tonnes per hectare	Philippines
2010s	3.38 tonnes per hectare	3.88 tonnes per hectare	0.501 tonnes per hectare	Philippines
2020s	3.85 tonnes per hectare	4.13 tonnes per hectare	0.2761 tonnes per hectare	Philippines

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice yields, Nepal or Philippines?: Nepal, at 4.19 tonnes per hectare against 4.11 tonnes per hectare in Philippines as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice yields between Nepal and Philippines?: 0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Philippines?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Nepal and Philippines rank globally for rice yields?: Nepal ranks 55th and Philippines ranks 58th of 124 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rice yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 124 places, 7,162 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.