Vegetables Primary — Yield in Nepal
Nepal: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 13,915 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Nepal stood at 13,915 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Nepal peaked at 14,365 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6,452 kg/ha, in 1972.
Nepal ranks 105th of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,489 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,472 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 6,490 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 6,486 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 6,494 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 6,494 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,496 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,498 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,496 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,504 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 6,452 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 6,452 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,579 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 6,667 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,780 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 6,780 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,042 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 6,944 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 7,237 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 7,237 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,467 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 7,368 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 7,420 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 7,740 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 7,958 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 7,954 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,683 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 7,948 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 7,952 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 8,057 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 8,255 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 7,980 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 8,946 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1996 | 9,194 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 9,266 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 9,365 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 9,452 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 9,802 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 10,275 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 10,522 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 10,593 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 10,724 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 11,158 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 11,267 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 11,433 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 11,351 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 11,910 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 12,430 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 12,765 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 13,062 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 13,009 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 12,990 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 13,221 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 13,793 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 13,340 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 13,790 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 14,365 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 13,706 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 13,686 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 13,942 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 14,043 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 13,915 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 13,915 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 13,915 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 11,773 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,491 kg/ha | 6,472 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,642 kg/ha | 6,452 kg/ha | 7,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,501 kg/ha | 6,944 kg/ha | 7,958 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,641 kg/ha | 7,948 kg/ha | 9,452 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,904 kg/ha | 9,802 kg/ha | 11,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,276 kg/ha | 12,430 kg/ha | 14,365 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,858 kg/ha | 13,686 kg/ha | 14,043 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 vegetables primary — yield in Nepal?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Nepal was 13,915 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 14,365 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,452 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Nepal rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Nepal ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. 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 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.