Ginger, raw — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Ginger, raw — Yield was 4,754 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Ginger, raw — Yield in Bhutan, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, ginger, raw — yield in Bhutan stood at 4,754 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — yield in Bhutan peaked at 9,787 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 3,158 kg/ha, in 2011.
That places Bhutan 31st out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 9,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 9,714 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 9,737 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 9,750 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 9,787 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 9,778 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 9,767 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 9,750 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 9,722 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 8,857 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 9,157 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 7,609 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1992 | 7,451 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 7,293 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 7,134 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 6,976 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 6,818 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 6,660 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 6,501 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 6,297 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 6,303 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 7,454 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2002 | 6,769 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 5,882 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2004 | 4,375 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2005 | 7,006 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 2006 | 4,230 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2007 | 4,784 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 4,222 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2009 | 3,646 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 4,643 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2011 | 3,158 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2012 | 6,244 kg/ha | +97.7% |
| 2013 | 3,592 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 2014 | 4,088 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 4,998 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2016 | 5,626 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 4,496 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2018 | 4,881 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 6,429 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2020 | 5,902 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 5,737 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 4,641 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2023 | 4,711 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 4,754 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 4,754 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,598 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 4,754 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 9,407 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +97.7% | 3,158 kg/ha | 6,244 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,653 kg/ha | 8,857 kg/ha | 9,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,190 kg/ha | 6,297 kg/ha | 9,157 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,467 kg/ha | 3,646 kg/ha | 7,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,815 kg/ha | 3,158 kg/ha | 6,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,149 kg/ha | 4,641 kg/ha | 5,902 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 28 Belize 7,000 kg/ha compare
- 29 Saint Lucia 5,545 kg/ha compare
- 30 Philippines 5,380 kg/ha compare
- 32 Uganda 3,470 kg/ha compare
- 33 Jamaica 3,348 kg/ha compare
- 34 Madagascar 3,304 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 ginger, raw — yield in Bhutan?
- Ginger, raw — yield in Bhutan was 4,754 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 9,787 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,158 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Bhutan rank for ginger, raw — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 31st out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Ginger, raw — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.