Sugar cane — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Sugar cane — Yield was 49,792 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — yield in Nepal is 49,792 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Nepal peaked at 53,709 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 14,177 kg/ha, in 1964.
Nepal ranks 60th of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,600 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 20,761 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1964 | 14,177 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1965 | 14,583 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 16,842 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 16,333 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 15,400 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 15,398 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 15,978 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 16,379 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 16,202 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 16,502 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 16,810 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 16,541 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 16,779 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 17,308 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 16,919 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 16,823 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 17,175 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 20,024 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1982 | 23,441 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1983 | 24,246 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 22,386 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 23,356 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 24,265 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 24,752 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 27,588 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 30,559 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 31,375 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 33,555 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 34,519 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 35,644 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 37,872 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 34,417 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 35,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 35,144 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 35,196 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 36,584 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 36,187 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 37,222 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 37,796 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 38,776 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 38,794 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 40,217 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 39,682 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 40,610 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 39,475 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 40,523 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 42,500 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 43,148 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 45,447 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 45,438 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 45,649 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 45,991 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 53,709 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2017 | 45,263 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2018 | 45,264 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 49,674 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 49,590 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 49,475 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 50,500 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 49,817 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 49,792 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 49,792 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56,789 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 49,792 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 44,923 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | -31.7% | 20,761 kg/ha | 14,177 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,900 kg/ha | 14,177 kg/ha | 20,761 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,624 kg/ha | 15,978 kg/ha | 17,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,779 kg/ha | 17,175 kg/ha | 30,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,930 kg/ha | 31,375 kg/ha | 37,872 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,928 kg/ha | 36,187 kg/ha | 40,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,208 kg/ha | 42,500 kg/ha | 53,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,835 kg/ha | 49,475 kg/ha | 50,500 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 sugar cane — yield in Nepal?
- Sugar cane — yield in Nepal was 49,792 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 53,709 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,177 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Nepal rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Nepal ranks 60th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.