Apricots — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Apricots — Area harvested was 284 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apricots — Area harvested in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 284 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 316 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 56 ha, in 1994.
Nepal ranks 55th of 80 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apricots — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 80 ha | — |
| 1991 | 101 ha | +26.2% |
| 1992 | 90 ha | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 87 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 56 ha | -35.6% |
| 1995 | 60 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 62 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 65 ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 62 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 67 ha | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 73 ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 72 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 73 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 78 ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 84 ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 84 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 84 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 84 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 84 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 115 ha | +36.9% |
| 2010 | 133 ha | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 163 ha | +22.6% |
| 2012 | 239 ha | +46.6% |
| 2013 | 253 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 247 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 294 ha | +19.0% |
| 2016 | 298 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 242 ha | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 286 ha | +18.2% |
| 2019 | 305 ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 289 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 310 ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 316 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 282 ha | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 284 ha | +0.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 284 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,376 ha, 5% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73 ha | 56 ha | 101 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.1 ha | 72 ha | 115 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 246 ha | 133 ha | 305 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 296.2 ha | 282 ha | 316 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 apricots — area harvested in Nepal?
- Apricots — area harvested in Nepal was 284 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 316 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 56 ha in 1994.
- How does Nepal rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 55th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.