Cereals, primary — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,552 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Bhutan is 3,552 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Bhutan peaked at 3,552 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,015 kg/ha, in 1989.
Bhutan ranks 84th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,441 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,440 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 1,439 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 1,439 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,438 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 1,438 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,435 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 1,433 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 1,435 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 1,437 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 1,437 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,441 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 1,440 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 1,443 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1,448 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 1,439 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 1,444 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 1,443 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 1,434 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 1,425 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 1,458 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 1,445 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 1,429 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 1,442 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 1,386 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 1,372 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 1,182 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 1,020 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1989 | 1,015 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,280 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1991 | 1,028 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1992 | 1,064 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 1,164 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 1,281 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 1,366 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 1,468 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 1,541 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 1,560 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,507 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 1,438 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 1,449 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1,549 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 1,791 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2004 | 2,995 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 2005 | 2,335 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2006 | 2,200 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 1,999 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 2,742 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2009 | 2,160 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2010 | 2,469 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 2,802 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 2,944 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 3,226 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 3,255 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 3,476 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 3,373 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 3,412 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 3,416 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 3,082 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 3,435 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 3,345 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 3,446 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 3,462 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,552 kg/ha | +2.6% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 3,552 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 3,552 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 3,592 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Yield in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +67.2% | 1,791 kg/ha | 2,995 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +37.1% | 1,999 kg/ha | 2,742 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +26.1% | 1,015 kg/ha | 1,280 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,437 kg/ha | 1,433 kg/ha | 1,441 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,441 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 1,448 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,317 kg/ha | 1,015 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,326 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 1,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,066 kg/ha | 1,438 kg/ha | 2,995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,146 kg/ha | 2,469 kg/ha | 3,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,448 kg/ha | 3,345 kg/ha | 3,552 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Bhutan?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Bhutan was 3,552 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,552 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,015 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Bhutan rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 84th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.