Rice — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Rice — Yield was 4,192 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Nepal is 4,192 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Nepal peaked at 4,192 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,449 kg/ha, in 1982.
Nepal ranks 52nd of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,938 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,934 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 1,935 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,999 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,986 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 1,825 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 1,836 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 1,874 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 1,910 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 1,949 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 1,952 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,763 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 1,969 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1974 | 1,978 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 2,074 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 1,891 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 1,806 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 1,853 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 1,642 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1980 | 1,932 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1981 | 1,975 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 1,449 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1983 | 2,066 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 1984 | 1,968 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 2,016 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 1,779 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 2,095 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1988 | 2,264 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 2,366 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 2,407 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 2,048 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1992 | 2,410 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1993 | 2,124 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1994 | 2,391 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 2,455 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 2,417 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 2,443 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 2,472 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 2,703 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 2,745 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 2,675 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 2,675 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,857 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 2,782 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 2,717 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 2,557 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 2,775 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 2,907 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 2,716 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 2,980 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 3,312 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 3,171 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 3,394 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 3,360 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3,154 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 3,369 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 3,506 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 3,761 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 3,805 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,815 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,473 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 3,790 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 3,978 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 4,192 kg/ha | +5.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 4,192 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 4,192 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 4,313 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +42.6% | 1,449 kg/ha | 2,066 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,915 kg/ha | 1,825 kg/ha | 1,999 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,888 kg/ha | 1,642 kg/ha | 2,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,991 kg/ha | 1,449 kg/ha | 2,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,387 kg/ha | 2,048 kg/ha | 2,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,741 kg/ha | 2,557 kg/ha | 2,907 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,381 kg/ha | 2,980 kg/ha | 3,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,850 kg/ha | 3,473 kg/ha | 4,192 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 rice — yield in Nepal?
- Rice — yield in Nepal was 4,192 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 4,192 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,449 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Nepal rank for rice — yield?
- Nepal ranks 52nd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. 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 Rice — 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.