Beans, dry — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Beans, dry — Yield was 854.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — yield in Nepal is 854.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Nepal peaked at 873.8 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 521.9 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Nepal 88th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 592.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 607.1 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 586.2 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 600 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 588.2 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 600 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 569.6 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 600 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 545.5 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 595.2 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 558.8 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 600 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 555.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 594.6 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 684.2 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1976 | 641 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 650 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 594.1 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 634.1 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 601 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 619 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 619 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 583.3 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 538.5 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 521.9 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 525.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 579.1 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 536.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 544.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 552.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 571.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 542 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 551.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 582.1 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 639 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 600 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 626.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 653.9 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 669.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 716.4 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 714 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 731.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 780.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 793.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 864.2 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 775 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 774.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 780.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 783.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 789.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 818.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 817.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 846.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 831.5 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 838.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 847.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 859 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 866.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 873.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 835.5 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 858.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 855.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 849.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 854.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 854.8 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 814.55 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 854.8 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 854.8 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 587.69 kg/ha | 545.5 kg/ha | 607.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 610.76 kg/ha | 555.6 kg/ha | 684.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 566.86 kg/ha | 521.9 kg/ha | 619 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 598.95 kg/ha | 542 kg/ha | 669.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 771.32 kg/ha | 714 kg/ha | 864.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 838.98 kg/ha | 789.6 kg/ha | 873.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 850.92 kg/ha | 835.5 kg/ha | 858.6 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 beans, dry — yield in Nepal?
- Beans, dry — yield in Nepal was 854.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 873.8 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 521.9 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Nepal rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Nepal ranks 88th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.