Apples — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Apples — Area harvested was 6,285 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 6,285 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 6,285 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,274 ha, in 1994.
That places Nepal 54th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,060 ha | — |
| 1991 | 3,180 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 3,660 ha | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 3,480 ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 2,274 ha | -34.7% |
| 1995 | 2,365 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 2,460 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 2,537 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 2,550 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 2,700 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 2,789 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 2,889 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 3,389 ha | +17.3% |
| 2003 | 3,458 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 3,558 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 3,660 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 3,757 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 3,856 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 4,003 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 4,240 ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 4,510 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 5,048 ha | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 5,674 ha | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 5,063 ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 5,141 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 5,600 ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 5,625 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 3,707 ha | -34.1% |
| 2018 | 4,133 ha | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 4,349 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 5,514 ha | +26.8% |
| 2021 | 5,815 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 5,807 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 6,199 ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 6,285 ha | +1.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 6,285 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,720 ha, 25% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -34.7% | 3,480 ha | 2,274 ha |
| 2017 | -34.1% | 5,625 ha | 3,707 ha |
| 2020 | +26.8% | 4,349 ha | 5,514 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,827 ha | 2,274 ha | 3,660 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,560 ha | 2,789 ha | 4,240 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,885 ha | 3,707 ha | 5,674 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,924 ha | 5,514 ha | 6,285 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
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 apples — area harvested in Nepal?
- Apples — area harvested in Nepal was 6,285 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 6,285 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,274 ha in 1994.
- How does Nepal rank for apples — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 54th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. 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 Apples — Area harvested. 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.