Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 3,994 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bhutan, 1967–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 3,994 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bhutan peaked at 4,000 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 3,299 kg/ha, in 1990.
Bhutan ranks 11th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1968 | 4,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,333 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,333 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 3,467 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 3,333 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 3,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 3,299 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 3,928 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1992 | 3,922 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 3,915 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 3,908 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 3,901 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 3,894 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,887 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 3,880 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,874 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 3,867 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 3,860 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 3,853 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 3,846 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 3,854 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 3,862 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 3,889 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 3,908 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 3,927 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 3,944 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 3,960 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 3,973 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 3,974 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 3,970 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3,988 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 3,990 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,989 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 3,988 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,987 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,989 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,990 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,992 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,994 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 3,994 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 7.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 3,994 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 2,848 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,778 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1970s | 3,383 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,463 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,841 kg/ha | 3,299 kg/ha | 3,928 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,881 kg/ha | 3,846 kg/ha | 3,944 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,982 kg/ha | 3,960 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,990 kg/ha | 3,987 kg/ha | 3,994 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 8 Austria 4,637 kg/ha compare
- 9 Italy 4,617 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 700.6 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 612 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 600.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Sri Lanka 3,438 kg/ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 2,848 kg/ha compare
- 14 Czechia 2,790 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 318.1 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bhutan?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bhutan was 3,994 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,299 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Bhutan rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 11th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.