Potatoes — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Potatoes — Yield was 16,651 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Nepal stood at 16,651 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Nepal peaked at 17,204 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,099 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Nepal 99th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,610 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,610 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,714 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 5,781 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 6,651 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1966 | 6,595 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 6,977 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 5,745 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1969 | 5,767 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 5,772 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 5,590 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 5,760 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 5,739 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 5,725 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 5,721 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 5,884 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 5,164 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1978 | 5,368 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 5,499 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 5,424 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 5,658 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 6,174 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 6,300 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 6,506 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 6,411 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 5,099 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1987 | 5,317 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 7,071 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1989 | 7,857 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 8,060 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 8,757 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 8,592 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 8,427 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 8,754 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 8,593 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 8,475 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 8,982 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 8,466 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 9,260 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 9,644 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 10,182 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 10,902 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 10,925 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 11,490 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 11,846 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 13,090 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 12,657 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 13,110 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 13,326 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 13,584 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 13,735 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 13,584 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 13,641 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 13,696 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 13,126 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 14,030 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 13,863 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 15,814 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2019 | 16,046 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 16,650 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 16,728 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 17,204 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 17,113 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 16,651 kg/ha | -2.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 16,651 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 16,651 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +33.0% | 5,317 kg/ha | 7,071 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,050 kg/ha | 5,610 kg/ha | 6,977 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,622 kg/ha | 5,164 kg/ha | 5,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,182 kg/ha | 5,099 kg/ha | 7,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,637 kg/ha | 8,060 kg/ha | 9,260 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,717 kg/ha | 9,644 kg/ha | 13,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,112 kg/ha | 13,126 kg/ha | 16,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,869 kg/ha | 16,650 kg/ha | 17,204 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16,960 kg/ha compare
- 97 Bulgaria 16,830 kg/ha compare
- 98 Sudan (former) 16,667 kg/ha compare
- 100 North Macedonia 16,618 kg/ha compare
- 101 Czechoslovakia 16,237 kg/ha compare
- 102 Ecuador 16,158 kg/ha compare
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 potatoes — yield in Nepal?
- Potatoes — yield in Nepal was 16,651 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 17,204 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,099 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Nepal rank for potatoes — yield?
- Nepal ranks 99th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. 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 Potatoes — 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.