Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield was 440.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 440.3 kg/ha for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 36.4% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Bhutan peaked at 860.6 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 178 kg/ha, in 2018.
Bhutan ranks 16th of 20 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 421.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 428.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 440.5 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 439.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 450.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 450.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 450.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 450.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 450.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 450.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 451.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 451.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 457.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 457.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 468.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 468.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 469.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 466 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 467.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 468.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 474.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 470.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 474.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 342.4 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1985 | 476.2 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1986 | 538.5 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 621.2 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 608.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 611.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 630.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 662.2 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 693.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 684.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 685.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 671.6 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 645.2 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 614 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 576.9 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 531.9 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 476.2 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 405.4 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2002 | 500 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2003 | 470.6 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 471.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 504.2 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 860.6 kg/ha | +70.7% |
| 2007 | 625.7 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2008 | 600 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 551.2 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 602.3 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 377 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 2012 | 312.6 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 415.3 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 2014 | 506.8 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2015 | 486.9 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 609.6 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2017 | 193.3 kg/ha | -68.3% |
| 2018 | 178 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 223.5 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2020 | 392.2 kg/ha | +75.5% |
| 2021 | 342.6 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 442 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2023 | 322.9 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2024 | 440.3 kg/ha | +36.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 440.3 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 502.4 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +75.5% | 223.5 kg/ha | 392.2 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +70.7% | 504.2 kg/ha | 860.6 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -68.3% | 609.6 kg/ha | 193.3 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +39.1% | 342.4 kg/ha | 476.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 442.52 kg/ha | 421.7 kg/ha | 450.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 460.81 kg/ha | 450.5 kg/ha | 469.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 508.62 kg/ha | 342.4 kg/ha | 621.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 639.58 kg/ha | 531.9 kg/ha | 693.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 546.55 kg/ha | 405.4 kg/ha | 860.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 390.53 kg/ha | 178 kg/ha | 609.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 388 kg/ha | 322.9 kg/ha | 442 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 nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Bhutan?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Bhutan was 440.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 860.6 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 178 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Bhutan rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 16th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, 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.