Ginger, raw — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Ginger, raw — Yield was 12,899 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Ginger, raw — Yield in Nepal, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 12,899 kg/ha for ginger, raw — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — yield in Nepal peaked at 13,443 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9,020 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Nepal 9th out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 9,091 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 9,375 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 9,375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,091 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 9,259 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 9,375 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 9,524 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 9,375 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 9,434 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 9,446 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 9,483 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 9,375 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 9,495 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 9,251 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 9,273 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 9,020 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 9,420 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 9,567 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 12,730 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2004 | 12,800 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 12,850 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 11,867 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 12,200 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 11,506 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 11,301 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 11,684 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 11,335 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 12,599 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 12,130 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 11,399 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 10,180 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 12,431 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 12,340 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 12,348 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 13,443 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 12,721 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 12,742 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 12,825 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 12,990 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 12,899 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 12,899 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,598 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 12,899 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 9,407 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — Yield in Nepal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +33.1% | 9,567 kg/ha | 12,730 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,238 kg/ha | 9,091 kg/ha | 9,375 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 9,403 kg/ha | 9,251 kg/ha | 9,524 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,326 kg/ha | 9,020 kg/ha | 12,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,989 kg/ha | 10,180 kg/ha | 13,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,835 kg/ha | 12,721 kg/ha | 12,990 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
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 ginger, raw — yield in Nepal?
- Ginger, raw — yield in Nepal was 12,899 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 13,443 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,020 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Nepal rank for ginger, raw — yield?
- Nepal ranks 9th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. 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 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.