Tea leaves — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Tea leaves — Yield was 6,522 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Nepal, 1974–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 6,522 kg/ha for tea leaves — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Nepal peaked at 7,386 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,405 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Nepal 16th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1,588 kg/ha | — |
| 1975 | 1,591 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 1,580 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 1,588 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 1,630 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 1,612 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 1,529 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 1,603 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 1,587 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 1,590 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 1,595 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 1,594 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 1,589 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 1,612 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 1,579 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 1,601 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 1,405 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1991 | 2,000 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1992 | 1,981 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 2,023 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 2,067 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 2,112 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 2,107 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,185 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 2,167 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 2,500 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 2,529 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 2,417 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 2,669 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 2,847 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 3,397 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2005 | 3,375 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 3,560 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 4,020 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 4,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 4,187 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 4,204 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 4,355 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 4,463 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 4,728 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 4,826 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 4,826 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,013 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 3,752 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2018 | 3,777 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 3,828 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 7,076 kg/ha | +84.8% |
| 2021 | 7,386 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 6,845 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 6,386 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 6,522 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 6,522 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,144 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +84.8% | 3,828 kg/ha | 7,076 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +42.4% | 1,405 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -25.2% | 5,013 kg/ha | 3,752 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,598 kg/ha | 1,580 kg/ha | 1,630 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1980s | 1,588 kg/ha | 1,529 kg/ha | 1,612 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,055 kg/ha | 1,405 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,300 kg/ha | 2,417 kg/ha | 4,187 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,377 kg/ha | 3,752 kg/ha | 5,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,843 kg/ha | 6,386 kg/ha | 7,386 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
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 tea leaves — yield in Nepal?
- Tea leaves — yield in Nepal was 6,522 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 7,386 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,405 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Nepal rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Nepal ranks 16th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.