Plums and sloes — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Plums and sloes — Yield was 6,542 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Yield in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 6,542 kg/ha for plums and sloes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Nepal peaked at 15,000 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 6,117 kg/ha, in 2014.
That places Nepal 44th out of 88 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.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8,400 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 8,585 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 8,627 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 8,044 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 13,158 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 1995 | 15,000 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 7,765 kg/ha | -48.2% |
| 1997 | 9,468 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1998 | 9,000 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 9,111 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 8,710 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 9,072 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 8,500 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 9,216 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 7,024 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2005 | 7,023 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 7,024 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7,022 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,022 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,015 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 7,023 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 7,104 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 6,920 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 7,035 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 6,117 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2015 | 7,282 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2016 | 7,250 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 6,996 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 7,206 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 7,200 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,550 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 6,538 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 6,666 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 6,170 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 6,542 kg/ha | +6.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 6,542 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,312 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +63.6% | 8,044 kg/ha | 13,158 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -48.2% | 15,000 kg/ha | 7,765 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,716 kg/ha | 7,765 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,763 kg/ha | 7,015 kg/ha | 9,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,013 kg/ha | 6,117 kg/ha | 7,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,493 kg/ha | 6,170 kg/ha | 6,666 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 plums and sloes — yield in Nepal?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Nepal was 6,542 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,117 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Nepal rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Nepal ranks 44th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.