Millet — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Millet — Yield was 1,337 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — yield in Nepal is 1,337 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Nepal peaked at 1,364 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 911.1 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Nepal 31st out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 926.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 944.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 927.5 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 913 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 1,200 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1966 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,111 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1968 | 1,116 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 1,114 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 1,126 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 1,129 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,121 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 1,133 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 1,137 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 1,136 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,133 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 1,069 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 1,079 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 971.7 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 997.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 996.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 937.7 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 927.7 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 926 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 913.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 912.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 911.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 1,003 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 1,162 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1990 | 1,166 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 1,154 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 1,173 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1,079 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 1,070 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 972.1 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 1,087 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 1,085 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,086 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,104 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1,025 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 1,088 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 1,095 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,092 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,096 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,120 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1,112 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,074 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 1,096 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1,101 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,116 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 1,122 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,133 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,114 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,121 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1,151 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,133 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,164 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 1,192 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1,194 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,222 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 1,230 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,271 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 1,364 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 1,337 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,337 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,099 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1,337 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,135 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +31.4% | 913 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,050 kg/ha | 913 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,104 kg/ha | 971.7 kg/ha | 1,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 968.75 kg/ha | 911.1 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,098 kg/ha | 972.1 kg/ha | 1,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,090 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 1,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,144 kg/ha | 1,114 kg/ha | 1,194 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,285 kg/ha | 1,222 kg/ha | 1,364 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 millet — yield in Nepal?
- Millet — yield in Nepal was 1,337 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,364 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 911.1 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Nepal rank for millet — yield?
- Nepal ranks 31st out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. 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 Millet — 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.