Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield was 537.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Nepal, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Nepal is 537.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Nepal peaked at 593.9 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 184.6 kg/ha, in 1985.
Nepal ranks 9th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 184.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 184.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 200 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 225.6 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 300.8 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 231.2 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1991 | 330.9 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 1992 | 332.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 350.2 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 360.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 361.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 363.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 360.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 361.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 360.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 569.9 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 2002 | 570 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 572.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 558.7 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 591.3 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 578 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 579.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 589.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 593.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 444.6 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2011 | 438.4 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 516.6 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 533.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 454.3 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 414.6 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 531.2 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2017 | 521.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 536.4 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 528.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 576.2 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 529 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 545.5 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 543 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 537.7 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 537.7 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 502.4 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +58.2% | 360.3 kg/ha | 569.9 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +43.1% | 231.2 kg/ha | 330.9 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +33.3% | 225.6 kg/ha | 300.8 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +28.1% | 414.6 kg/ha | 531.2 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -25.1% | 593.9 kg/ha | 444.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 219.12 kg/ha | 184.6 kg/ha | 300.8 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 338.55 kg/ha | 231.2 kg/ha | 363.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 556.45 kg/ha | 360.3 kg/ha | 593.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 491.89 kg/ha | 414.6 kg/ha | 536.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 546.28 kg/ha | 529 kg/ha | 576.2 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 nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Nepal?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Nepal was 537.7 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 593.9 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 184.6 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Nepal rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield?
- Nepal ranks 9th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. 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 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.