Cereals, primary — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,521 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 3,521 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Nepal peaked at 3,521 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,382 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Nepal 87th out of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,847 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,842 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 1,844 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 1,883 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 1,867 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 1,742 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 1,738 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 1,724 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 1,751 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 1,782 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 1,717 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 1,630 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 1,773 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 1,768 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 1,790 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 1,710 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 1,604 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 1,634 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 1,457 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 1,687 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1981 | 1,701 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 1,382 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1983 | 1,745 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1984 | 1,666 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 1,659 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 1,525 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 1,684 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 1,780 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 1,887 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 1,920 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 1,721 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1992 | 1,919 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 1,714 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 1,914 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 1,924 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,939 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1,960 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1,979 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 2,114 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 2,149 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 2,149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,166 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 2,287 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 2,274 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 2,282 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,188 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 2,323 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 2,417 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 2,273 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 2,408 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 2,626 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 2,635 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,679 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 2,722 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 2,648 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 2,730 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 2,841 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 3,046 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 3,106 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 3,203 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 3,063 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 3,219 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 3,344 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 3,521 kg/ha | +5.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 3,521 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 3,521 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 3,592 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,804 kg/ha | 1,724 kg/ha | 1,883 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,686 kg/ha | 1,457 kg/ha | 1,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,672 kg/ha | 1,382 kg/ha | 1,887 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,910 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha | 2,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,251 kg/ha | 2,149 kg/ha | 2,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,744 kg/ha | 2,408 kg/ha | 3,106 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,270 kg/ha | 3,063 kg/ha | 3,521 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Nepal?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Nepal was 3,521 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 3,521 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,382 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Nepal rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Nepal ranks 87th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. 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 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.