Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 1,399 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Nepal stood at 1,399 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Nepal peaked at 1,588 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 934.8 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Nepal 30th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,067 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,133 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 1,154 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 1,116 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,213 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 1,210 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 1,188 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 978.7 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1969 | 934.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 947.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 966.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 1,004 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 1,019 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 1,212 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1975 | 1,253 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 1,206 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 1,364 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 1,395 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 1,395 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,184 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1981 | 1,141 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 1,208 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 1,284 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 1,058 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1985 | 1,218 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1986 | 1,295 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 1,182 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 1,093 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 1,300 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1990 | 1,136 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1991 | 1,042 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 1,146 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1993 | 949.4 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1994 | 986.7 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 1,004 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1,071 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 1,091 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 1,083 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,193 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 979.2 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2001 | 1,332 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 2002 | 1,441 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 1,425 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 1,431 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,448 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1,423 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 1,429 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,458 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1,501 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1,588 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 1,353 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 1,356 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,355 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,301 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 1,436 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 1,435 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,432 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,448 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,469 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,328 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 1,391 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 1,401 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,394 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,399 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,399 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1,399 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 2,848 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,111 kg/ha | 934.8 kg/ha | 1,213 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,176 kg/ha | 947.8 kg/ha | 1,395 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,196 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,070 kg/ha | 949.4 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,387 kg/ha | 979.2 kg/ha | 1,501 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,417 kg/ha | 1,301 kg/ha | 1,588 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,383 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 1,401 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Nepal?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Nepal was 1,399 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,588 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 934.8 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Nepal rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Nepal ranks 30th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 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.