Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 15,247 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 15,247 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Nepal peaked at 15,641 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,121 kg/ha, in 1986.
Nepal ranks 103rd of 189 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,852 kg/ha | 5,506 kg/ha | 6,592 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,521 kg/ha | 5,154 kg/ha | 5,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,918 kg/ha | 5,121 kg/ha | 7,116 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,916 kg/ha | 7,272 kg/ha | 8,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,728 kg/ha | 8,977 kg/ha | 12,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,894 kg/ha | 12,013 kg/ha | 14,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,360 kg/ha | 15,089 kg/ha | 15,641 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 100 Ethiopia 15,758 kg/ha compare
- 101 Turkmenistan 15,306 kg/ha compare
- 102 Faroe Islands 15,250 kg/ha compare
- 104 Benin 15,212 kg/ha compare
- 105 South Sudan 14,971 kg/ha compare
- 106 Réunion 14,602 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 21.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Nepal?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Nepal was 15,247 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 15,641 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,121 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Nepal rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Nepal ranks 103rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.