Sugar cane — Production in Nepal
Nepal: Sugar cane — Production was 2.76 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Production in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 2.76 million t for sugar cane — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Nepal peaked at 4.35 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 93,000 t, in 1962.
Nepal ranks 42nd of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 150,913 t | 93,000 t | 192,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 278,138 t | 215,700 t | 387,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 588,060 t | 385,070 t | 903,010 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.46 million t | 988,300 t | 1.97 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.35 million t | 2.10 million t | 2.60 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.19 million t | 2.59 million t | 4.35 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.13 million t | 2.76 million t | 3.40 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 39 Madagascar 3.16 million t compare
- 40 Malawi 2.97 million t compare
- 41 Bangladesh 2.93 million t compare
- 43 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.51 million t compare
- 44 Mauritius 2.20 million t compare
- 45 Côte d'Ivoire 2.16 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- 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)
- Rural population 33.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 9.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 383,285 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — production in Nepal?
- Sugar cane — production in Nepal was 2.76 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 4.35 million t in 2016.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,000 t in 1962.
- How does Nepal rank for sugar cane — production?
- Nepal ranks 42nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — Production. 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.