Bananas — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Bananas — Area harvested was 23,404 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Nepal stood at 23,404 ha.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 82.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 24,286 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,275 ha, in 1994.
That places Nepal 36th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,100 ha | — |
| 1991 | 3,180 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 3,600 ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 3,480 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 2,275 ha | -34.6% |
| 1995 | 2,365 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 2,420 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 2,600 ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 2,624 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 2,730 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 2,900 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 2,950 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 3,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 3,577 ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 3,627 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 3,702 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 3,742 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 4,992 ha | +33.4% |
| 2009 | 5,714 ha | +14.5% |
| 2010 | 5,813 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 7,992 ha | +37.5% |
| 2012 | 11,063 ha | +38.4% |
| 2013 | 11,864 ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 12,861 ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 14,311 ha | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 14,311 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15,223 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 15,765 ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 16,615 ha | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 16,699 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 19,057 ha | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 19,335 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 24,286 ha | +25.6% |
| 2024 | 23,404 ha | -3.6% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 23,404 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 2.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 23,404 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 23,404 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 | -34.6% | 3,480 ha | 2,275 ha |
| 2012 | +38.4% | 7,992 ha | 11,063 ha |
| 2011 | +37.5% | 5,813 ha | 7,992 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,844 ha | 2,275 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,703 ha | 2,730 ha | 5,714 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,582 ha | 5,813 ha | 16,615 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,556 ha | 16,699 ha | 24,286 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 bananas — area harvested in Nepal?
- Bananas — area harvested in Nepal was 23,404 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 24,286 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,275 ha in 1994.
- How does Nepal rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 36th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.0%. 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 Bananas — 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.