Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 985.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 985.9 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Nepal peaked at 1,471 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 303.4 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Nepal 61st out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 800 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 722.2 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 699.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 737.4 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 914.2 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1995 | 718.2 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1996 | 720.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 684.6 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 303.4 kg/ha | -55.7% |
| 1999 | 536.4 kg/ha | +76.8% |
| 2000 | 605.4 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 404.4 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 2002 | 1,471 kg/ha | +263.6% |
| 2003 | 516.9 kg/ha | -64.9% |
| 2004 | 812.5 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 2005 | 600 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2006 | 966.1 kg/ha | +61.0% |
| 2007 | 900 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 920 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 590 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 2010 | 900.8 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 2011 | 1,000 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 985.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 857.1 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 1,012 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 1,012 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,032 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 890.2 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 1,010 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 1,002 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 964.4 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 991.8 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 985.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 980.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 985.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 985.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +263.6% | 404.4 kg/ha | 1,471 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 683.62 kg/ha | 303.4 kg/ha | 914.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 778.59 kg/ha | 404.4 kg/ha | 1,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 970.03 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 981.62 kg/ha | 964.4 kg/ha | 991.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 58 Turkmenistan 1,035 kg/ha compare
- 59 Mali 1,027 kg/ha compare
- 60 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 62 Republic of Korea 978.6 kg/ha compare
- 63 Guinea 972 kg/ha compare
- 64 Dominican Republic 956.5 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Nepal?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Nepal was 985.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,471 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 303.4 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Nepal rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Nepal ranks 61st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.