Soya beans — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Soya beans — Yield was 1,265 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Nepal stood at 1,265 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Nepal peaked at 1,410 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1961.
Nepal ranks 67th of 98 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.
Soya beans — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 548.7 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 529 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 529.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 540.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 565.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 613.5 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 621.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 596.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 580.5 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 581.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 585.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 654 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1996 | 660.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 687.3 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 731.1 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 773.2 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 849.2 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 843 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 859.5 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 870.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 877.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 878.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 890.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 902.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 904.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 913.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 920.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 965.9 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 965.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,172 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2014 | 1,189 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,201 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,233 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 1,233 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,264 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1,254 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1,290 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 1,331 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,410 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 1,366 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 1,265 kg/ha | -7.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,265 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,170 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1,265 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,265 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 532.59 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 613.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 647.07 kg/ha | 580.5 kg/ha | 773.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 879.09 kg/ha | 843 kg/ha | 913.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,140 kg/ha | 920.6 kg/ha | 1,264 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,332 kg/ha | 1,265 kg/ha | 1,410 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 64 Philippines 1,360 kg/ha compare
- 65 Ecuador 1,318 kg/ha compare
- 66 Czechoslovakia 1,288 kg/ha compare
- 68 Malawi 1,173 kg/ha compare
- 69 India 1,170 kg/ha compare
- 70 Mozambique 1,167 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 soya beans — yield in Nepal?
- Soya beans — yield in Nepal was 1,265 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,410 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for soya beans — yield?
- Nepal ranks 67th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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 Soya beans — 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.