Apples — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Apples — Yield was 5,113 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 5,113 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Bhutan peaked at 10,123 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,771 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Bhutan 86th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,046 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 2,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 2,136 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 2,000 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1968 | 2,042 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 2,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 2,040 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 2,160 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 2,115 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 2,105 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 2,164 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 2,202 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 2,203 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 2,211 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 2,200 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 2,223 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 2,194 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 2,261 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 2,312 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 2,278 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 2,263 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 2,316 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 2,250 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 2,238 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 2,227 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 2,217 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 2,208 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 2,200 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 2,203 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,093 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 1,999 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 1,771 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1999 | 1,939 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 2,217 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 3,333 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 2002 | 5,357 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 2003 | 5,616 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 6,109 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 6,598 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 6,332 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 6,115 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 6,757 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 7,192 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 8,292 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2011 | 10,123 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2012 | 8,518 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 7,830 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 7,267 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 7,539 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 7,886 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 8,462 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 4,812 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 2019 | 5,956 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2020 | 5,754 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 4,714 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2022 | 5,048 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 5,118 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 5,113 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 5,113 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,672 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in Bhutan 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 | +60.7% | 3,333 kg/ha | 5,357 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +50.3% | 2,217 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -43.1% | 8,462 kg/ha | 4,812 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,025 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,136 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,143 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,251 kg/ha | 2,194 kg/ha | 2,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,110 kg/ha | 1,771 kg/ha | 2,238 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,563 kg/ha | 2,217 kg/ha | 7,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,669 kg/ha | 4,812 kg/ha | 10,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,149 kg/ha | 4,714 kg/ha | 5,754 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Bhutan?
- Apples — yield in Bhutan was 5,113 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 10,123 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,771 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Bhutan rank for apples — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 86th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.