Vegetables Primary — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 5,214 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Bhutan is 5,214 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Bhutan peaked at 6,804 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,186 kg/ha, in 2011.
Bhutan ranks 172nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,478 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,491 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 3,504 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 3,517 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 3,529 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 3,542 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 3,554 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 3,566 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 3,577 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 3,589 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 3,600 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 3,640 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 3,636 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 3,647 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 3,658 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 3,682 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 3,707 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 3,731 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 3,755 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 3,779 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 3,936 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 3,310 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1983 | 3,136 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 3,148 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 3,333 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 3,346 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 4,000 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1988 | 3,346 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1989 | 3,259 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 3,136 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 2,569 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1992 | 2,615 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 2,604 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 2,619 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 2,590 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 2,578 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 2,510 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 2,439 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 2,418 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 2,360 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 2,380 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 2,419 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 2,800 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 4,922 kg/ha | +75.8% |
| 2005 | 5,445 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 5,180 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 4,886 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 4,232 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 3,973 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 2,943 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2011 | 2,186 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2012 | 3,624 kg/ha | +65.8% |
| 2013 | 3,813 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 4,949 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2015 | 4,919 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 5,293 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 5,054 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 5,330 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 6,673 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2020 | 6,804 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 4,975 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2022 | 4,640 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 4,916 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 5,214 kg/ha | +6.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 5,214 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 5,214 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 11,773 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Yield in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +75.8% | 2,800 kg/ha | 4,922 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +65.8% | 2,186 kg/ha | 3,624 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +29.8% | 3,813 kg/ha | 4,949 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -26.9% | 6,804 kg/ha | 4,975 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -25.9% | 3,973 kg/ha | 2,943 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -25.7% | 2,943 kg/ha | 2,186 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,529 kg/ha | 3,478 kg/ha | 3,577 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,664 kg/ha | 3,589 kg/ha | 3,755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,459 kg/ha | 3,136 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,608 kg/ha | 2,418 kg/ha | 3,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,860 kg/ha | 2,360 kg/ha | 5,445 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,478 kg/ha | 2,186 kg/ha | 6,673 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,310 kg/ha | 4,640 kg/ha | 6,804 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Bhutan?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Bhutan was 5,214 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,804 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,186 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Bhutan rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.