Fruit Primary — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Fruit Primary — Yield was 8,473 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Bhutan stood at 8,473 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Bhutan peaked at 9,755 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,657 kg/ha, in 1961.
Bhutan ranks 117th of 191 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.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,657 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,667 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 3,660 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 3,694 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 3,694 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,702 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 3,701 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,700 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,707 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 3,736 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 3,705 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 3,748 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 3,746 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,758 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 3,760 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,760 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,779 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 3,798 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 3,808 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 3,840 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 3,896 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 3,953 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 3,964 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 4,696 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1985 | 3,950 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1986 | 3,793 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 5,767 kg/ha | +52.0% |
| 1988 | 5,864 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 5,748 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 5,907 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 5,884 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 5,872 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 5,838 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 5,753 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 5,703 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 5,575 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 5,493 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 5,263 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 5,382 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 5,246 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 6,106 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 7,006 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 7,188 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 6,410 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 7,004 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2006 | 7,265 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 7,343 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 7,434 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 8,370 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 8,988 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 8,830 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 8,551 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 8,480 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 8,342 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 9,058 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 8,957 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 9,755 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 8,651 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 8,648 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 8,573 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 6,352 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2022 | 7,217 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2023 | 8,901 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2024 | 8,473 kg/ha | -4.8% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 8,473 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 8,473 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 10,686 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +52.0% | 3,793 kg/ha | 5,767 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -25.9% | 8,573 kg/ha | 6,352 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,687 kg/ha | 3,657 kg/ha | 3,707 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,760 kg/ha | 3,705 kg/ha | 3,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,547 kg/ha | 3,793 kg/ha | 5,864 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,667 kg/ha | 5,263 kg/ha | 5,907 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,937 kg/ha | 5,246 kg/ha | 8,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,826 kg/ha | 8,342 kg/ha | 9,755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,903 kg/ha | 6,352 kg/ha | 8,901 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 fruit primary — yield in Bhutan?
- Fruit primary — yield in Bhutan was 8,473 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 9,755 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,657 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 117th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Fruit 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.