Barley — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Barley — Yield was 1,340 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Nepal stood at 1,340 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.3% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Nepal peaked at 1,478 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 799.1 kg/ha, in 1986.
Nepal ranks 90th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,028 kg/ha | 907.6 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 906.21 kg/ha | 828.1 kg/ha | 931.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 865.9 kg/ha | 799.1 kg/ha | 917.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 982.22 kg/ha | 927.2 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,076 kg/ha | 899.6 kg/ha | 1,151 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,181 kg/ha | 1,037 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,366 kg/ha | 1,276 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 87 Eritrea 1,444 kg/ha compare
- 88 Afghanistan 1,429 kg/ha compare
- 89 China, Taiwan Province of 1,421 kg/ha compare
- 91 Tunisia 1,333 kg/ha compare
- 92 Algeria 1,254 kg/ha compare
- 93 Bangladesh 1,219 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture share gdp 21.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
- Rural population 33.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 9.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 383,285 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Nepal?
- Barley — yield in Nepal was 1,340 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,478 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 799.1 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Nepal rank for barley — yield?
- Nepal ranks 90th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 Barley — 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.