Yields of key staple crops in Nepal
Nepal: Yields of key staple crops was 2.99 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 2.99 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Nepal peaked at 3.09 tonnes per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8466 tonnes per hectare, in 1971.
Nepal ranks 68th of 125 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 0.8466 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | 2.85 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | 2.99 tonnes per hectare | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.6% (2025)
- Rural population 9.77 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.33 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Nepal?
- Yields of key staple crops in Nepal was 2.99 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 3.09 tonnes per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8466 tonnes per hectare in 1971.
- How does Nepal rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Nepal ranks 68th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.6%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.