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 87th of 104 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,059 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,026 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 1,073 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 1,091 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 1,083 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 1,049 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 1,049 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 907.6 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1969 | 914.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 927.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 926.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 925 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 914.8 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 930.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 929.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 931.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 828.1 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 880.4 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 867.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 895.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 863.2 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 863.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 869.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 896.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 856.5 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 799.1 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 863.8 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 834.4 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 917.5 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 927.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 940.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 931.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 930.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 966.7 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 967.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,049 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 1,105 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 1,003 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 1,002 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,093 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 1,081 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 1,111 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 1,151 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 1,117 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 1,110 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,059 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 1,064 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,076 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 899.6 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2010 | 1,037 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2011 | 1,062 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 1,245 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 1,141 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 1,236 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 1,332 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 1,156 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 1,115 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 1,238 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 1,252 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,276 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1,346 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 1,390 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 1,478 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 1,340 kg/ha | -9.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,340 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
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
- 84 Eritrea 1,444 kg/ha compare
- 85 Afghanistan 1,429 kg/ha compare
- 86 China, Taiwan Province of 1,421 kg/ha compare
- 88 Tunisia 1,333 kg/ha compare
- 89 Algeria 1,254 kg/ha compare
- 90 Bangladesh 1,219 kg/ha compare
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 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 87th out of 104 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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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.