Cereal yield in Nepal

Cereal farms in Nepal harvested 3,521 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2024 3,521 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +5.3% 2023: 3,344 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Nepal (2024).
Position in 2024 84th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Nepal over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period NepalWorld
2024 3,521 kg per hectare –
2023 3,344 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 3,219 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 3,063 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 3,203 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 3,106 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 3,046 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 2,841 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 2,731 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 2,648 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 2,722 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 2,679 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 2,635 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 2,626 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 2,408 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 2,273 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 2,417 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 2,323 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 2,188 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 2,282 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 2,274 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 2,287 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 2,166 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 2,149 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 2,149 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.3% from 3,344 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2,722 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +29.4%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Nepal has the 84th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Nepal
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)