Papayas — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Papayas — Yield was 11,110 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Papayas — Yield in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 11,110 kg/ha for papayas — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Nepal peaked at 26,923 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 11,110 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Nepal 47th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15,529 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 16,343 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 15,152 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 18,454 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1994 | 25,600 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1995 | 26,923 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 14,782 kg/ha | -45.1% |
| 1997 | 17,921 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1998 | 17,500 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 17,333 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 16,452 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 17,500 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 16,364 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 17,353 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 14,088 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2005 | 14,088 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14,089 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14,089 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14,089 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 14,204 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 14,048 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 13,528 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 16,397 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 16,636 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 16,820 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 13,313 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2016 | 13,049 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 12,776 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 12,679 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 12,653 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 13,258 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 12,877 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 14,849 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2023 | 11,452 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2024 | 11,110 kg/ha | -3.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 11,110 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14,114 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 11,110 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 11,110 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | -45.1% | 26,923 kg/ha | 14,782 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +38.7% | 18,454 kg/ha | 25,600 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,554 kg/ha | 14,782 kg/ha | 26,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,232 kg/ha | 14,088 kg/ha | 17,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,190 kg/ha | 12,653 kg/ha | 16,820 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,709 kg/ha | 11,110 kg/ha | 14,849 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 papayas — yield in Nepal?
- Papayas — yield in Nepal was 11,110 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 26,923 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,110 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Nepal rank for papayas — yield?
- Nepal ranks 47th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — 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.