Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 673.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Nepal is 673.2 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Nepal peaked at 701.6 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 275.1 kg/ha, in 1965.
Nepal ranks 82nd of 183 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 334.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 333.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 333.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 363.3 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 275.1 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1966 | 302.4 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1967 | 321.6 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 305.6 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 305.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 314.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 302.8 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 298.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 307.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 320.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 336.3 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 344.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 330.3 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 340.3 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 367 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 309.1 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1981 | 360.9 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1982 | 389 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 357.2 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1984 | 372.8 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 369.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 330.2 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1987 | 336.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 357.5 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 370.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 370.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 349 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 337 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 337.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 354.9 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 371.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 370.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 387.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 371 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 383.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 397.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 423.7 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 434.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 410.3 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 433.5 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 456.3 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 449.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 451.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 457.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 460.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 478.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 508.2 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 519.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 531.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 555.1 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 565.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 598.3 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 614.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 674.4 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 663.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 668.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 682.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 701.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 692.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 673.2 kg/ha | -2.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 673.2 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 485.9 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 673.2 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 575.2 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 319.48 kg/ha | 275.1 kg/ha | 363.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 326.27 kg/ha | 298.7 kg/ha | 367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 355.26 kg/ha | 309.1 kg/ha | 389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 363.27 kg/ha | 337 kg/ha | 387.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 437.4 kg/ha | 397.1 kg/ha | 460.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 570.82 kg/ha | 478.7 kg/ha | 674.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 683.52 kg/ha | 668.4 kg/ha | 701.6 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Nepal?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Nepal was 673.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 701.6 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 275.1 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Nepal rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Nepal ranks 82nd out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.