Pulses, Total — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,033 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Nepal stood at 1,033 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Nepal peaked at 1,178 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 489.8 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Nepal 103rd 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 — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 493.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 494.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 495.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 489.8 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 511.1 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 514.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 517.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 521.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 518.2 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 528.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 529.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 526.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 529.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 533.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 542.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 539.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 537.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 536.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 536.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 534.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 537.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 539.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 534.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 531.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 578.8 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 579.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 637.5 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 528.2 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1989 | 585.5 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 604.7 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 600 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 586.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 605.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 605.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 655.1 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 691.8 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 727.5 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 676 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 740.5 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 772.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 790.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 812.4 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 812.2 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 839.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 856.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 852 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 839.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 808.7 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 814.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 951 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 955.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,056 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 1,062 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,058 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,127 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 1,129 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,151 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,122 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 1,151 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,141 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,178 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 1,102 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 1,033 kg/ha | -6.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,033 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1,033 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,003 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 506.12 kg/ha | 489.8 kg/ha | 521.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 534.17 kg/ha | 526.8 kg/ha | 542.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 558.65 kg/ha | 528.2 kg/ha | 637.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 649.22 kg/ha | 586.3 kg/ha | 740.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 824.04 kg/ha | 772.3 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,043 kg/ha | 814.6 kg/ha | 1,151 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,121 kg/ha | 1,033 kg/ha | 1,178 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Nepal?
- Pulses, total — yield in Nepal was 1,033 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,178 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 489.8 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Nepal rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Nepal ranks 103rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 — 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.