Bananas — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Bananas — Yield was 16,377 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Nepal is 16,377 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Nepal peaked at 24,176 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 13,944 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Nepal 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14,952 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 16,101 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 13,944 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 14,942 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 24,176 kg/ha | +61.8% |
| 1995 | 23,932 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 15,083 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 1997 | 15,385 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 16,198 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 16,286 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 16,410 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 16,793 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 16,068 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 16,774 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 14,226 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2005 | 14,224 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 14,218 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 14,232 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 15,383 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 15,549 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 15,662 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 15,233 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 15,230 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 15,340 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 16,193 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 16,374 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 16,504 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 16,267 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 16,137 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 16,785 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 15,220 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 16,704 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 16,423 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 16,663 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 16,377 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 16,377 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 16,377 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 27,977 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +61.8% | 14,942 kg/ha | 24,176 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -37.0% | 23,932 kg/ha | 15,083 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,100 kg/ha | 13,944 kg/ha | 24,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,388 kg/ha | 14,218 kg/ha | 16,793 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,972 kg/ha | 15,230 kg/ha | 16,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,277 kg/ha | 15,220 kg/ha | 16,704 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
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 bananas — yield in Nepal?
- Bananas — yield in Nepal was 16,377 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 24,176 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,944 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Nepal rank for bananas — yield?
- Nepal ranks 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.