Lentils, dry — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,048 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 1,048 kg/ha for lentils, dry — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.7% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Nepal peaked at 1,271 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 445.2 kg/ha, in 1964.
Nepal ranks 27th of 59 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.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 448.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 450 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 451.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 445.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1966 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 490 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 592.5 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1986 | 592.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 682 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1988 | 559.5 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1989 | 617.8 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1990 | 625.2 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 611.1 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 608.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 640.4 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 636.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 676.1 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 749.4 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 786.1 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 699.1 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 757.7 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 759.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 800.7 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 823.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 818.2 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 846.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 850.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 862.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 870.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 850.4 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 803.7 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 809.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 996.5 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2012 | 1,003 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,099 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 1,101 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,113 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,229 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 1,229 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,256 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 1,203 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 1,235 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,216 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,271 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 1,160 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 1,048 kg/ha | -9.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,048 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 884.4 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 477.23 kg/ha | 445.2 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 553.45 kg/ha | 490 kg/ha | 682 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 679.08 kg/ha | 608.9 kg/ha | 786.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 828.69 kg/ha | 759.9 kg/ha | 870.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,104 kg/ha | 809.6 kg/ha | 1,256 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,186 kg/ha | 1,048 kg/ha | 1,271 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 lentils, dry — yield in Nepal?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Nepal was 1,048 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,271 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 445.2 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Nepal rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Nepal ranks 27th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. 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 Lentils, dry — 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.