Pulses, Total — Production in Nepal
Nepal: Pulses, Total — Production was 272,095 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Production in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 272,095 t for pulses, total — production in 2024.
The figure is down 16.9% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — production in Nepal peaked at 397,313 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 85,500 t, in 1961.
That places Nepal 44th out of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Production in Nepal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 87,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 97,500 t | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 91,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 104,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 99,800 t | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 102,300 t | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 105,600 t | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 107,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 111,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 112,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 115,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 116,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 121,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 124,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 127,500 t | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 129,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 131,300 t | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 135,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 139,500 t | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 144,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 150,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 155,500 t | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 150,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 125,460 t | -16.4% |
| 1986 | 138,910 t | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 157,930 t | +13.7% |
| 1988 | 154,870 t | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 171,100 t | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 167,710 t | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 163,930 t | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 156,980 t | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 193,700 t | +23.4% |
| 1994 | 201,780 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 186,652 t | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 201,180 t | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 210,560 t | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 195,717 t | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 211,020 t | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 220,545 t | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 225,773 t | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 249,443 t | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 250,769 t | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 240,996 t | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 247,028 t | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 242,078 t | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 248,708 t | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 243,846 t | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 229,593 t | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 235,858 t | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 281,368 t | +19.3% |
| 2012 | 282,830 t | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 313,588 t | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 310,487 t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 350,290 t | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 372,552 t | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 374,057 t | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 365,484 t | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 374,621 t | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 393,524 t | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 387,891 t | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 397,313 t | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 327,570 t | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 272,095 t | -16.9% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 272,095 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 117,855 t, 2.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 272,095 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 145,001 t, 1.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97,744 t | 85,500 t | 107,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 122,290 t | 111,500 t | 135,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 148,777 t | 125,460 t | 171,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 188,923 t | 156,980 t | 211,020 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 239,878 t | 220,545 t | 250,769 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 326,114 t | 235,858 t | 374,621 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 355,679 t | 272,095 t | 397,313 t | 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 pulses, total — production in Nepal?
- Pulses, total — production in Nepal was 272,095 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — production recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 397,313 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — production recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,500 t in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for pulses, total — production?
- Nepal ranks 44th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — production rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. 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 Pulses, Total — Production. 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.