Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 1,162 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Nepal stood at 1,162 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Nepal peaked at 1,351 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 539.2 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Nepal 95th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 698.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 712.3 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 706.7 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 701.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 1,183 kg/ha | +68.6% |
| 1966 | 1,102 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1967 | 662.5 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1968 | 752.9 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 758.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 761.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 759.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 758 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 759.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 691.6 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 713.4 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 716.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 736.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 754.7 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 723.3 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 731.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 761.4 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 704.7 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 741.1 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 760.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 752 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 539.2 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1987 | 554.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 689.3 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1989 | 737 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 867.3 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1991 | 957.5 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 921 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 903.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 1,038 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 903.6 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1996 | 898.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 790.1 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 787.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 884.4 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 889.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 940.1 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 986.9 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 961.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 974.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1,004 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 994.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 970.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 972.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 982.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 983 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,091 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 1,351 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2013 | 1,350 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,314 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,292 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 967.1 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2017 | 1,251 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2018 | 1,166 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 1,123 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 1,185 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 1,160 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,157 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,168 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,162 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,162 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,398 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1,162 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 1,755 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +68.6% | 701.3 kg/ha | 1,183 kg/ha |
| 1967 | -39.9% | 1,102 kg/ha | 662.5 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +29.4% | 967.1 kg/ha | 1,251 kg/ha |
| 1986 | -28.3% | 752 kg/ha | 539.2 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -25.1% | 1,292 kg/ha | 967.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 808.68 kg/ha | 662.5 kg/ha | 1,183 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 737.46 kg/ha | 691.6 kg/ha | 761.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 697.07 kg/ha | 539.2 kg/ha | 761.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 895.26 kg/ha | 787.6 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 967.65 kg/ha | 889.3 kg/ha | 1,004 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,189 kg/ha | 967.1 kg/ha | 1,351 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,166 kg/ha | 1,157 kg/ha | 1,185 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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Nepal?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Nepal was 1,162 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,351 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 539.2 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Nepal rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Nepal ranks 95th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.