Areca nuts — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Areca nuts — Yield was 3,622 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Areca nuts — Yield in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, areca nuts — yield in Nepal stood at 3,622 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 313.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — yield in Nepal peaked at 3,876 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 876.8 kg/ha, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Areca nuts — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,917 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,920 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1,923 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,926 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,929 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,931 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,933 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,936 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,938 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,882 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 1,886 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1,889 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,892 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,895 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,909 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,906 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,896 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,884 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 2,824 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 2012 | 2,656 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 3,346 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2014 | 876.8 kg/ha | -73.8% |
| 2015 | 3,503 kg/ha | +299.6% |
| 2016 | 3,643 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 3,673 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 3,524 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 3,191 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 3,310 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 3,636 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 3,876 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 3,637 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 3,622 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 3,622 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 3,695 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 3,622 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,622 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Yield in Nepal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +299.6% | 876.8 kg/ha | 3,503 kg/ha |
| 2014 | -73.8% | 3,346 kg/ha | 876.8 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +49.9% | 1,884 kg/ha | 2,824 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +26.0% | 2,656 kg/ha | 3,346 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,923 kg/ha | 1,882 kg/ha | 1,938 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,900 kg/ha | 1,886 kg/ha | 1,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,912 kg/ha | 876.8 kg/ha | 3,673 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,616 kg/ha | 3,310 kg/ha | 3,876 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2156 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 331.1 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.33 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — yield in Nepal?
- Areca nuts — yield in Nepal was 3,622 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 3,876 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 876.8 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Nepal rank for areca nuts — yield?
- Nepal ranks 4th out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 313.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Areca nuts — 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.