Barley — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Barley — Area harvested was 18,599 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Barley — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Nepal stood at 18,599 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 39,400 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 17,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Nepal 76th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Barley — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,500 ha | +14.7% |
| 1963 | 20,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 22,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 26,700 ha | +11.2% |
| 1967 | 26,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 24,900 ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 25,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 26,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 27,296 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 27,522 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 27,127 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 27,549 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 27,530 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 26,478 ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 24,869 ha | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 25,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 26,160 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 26,020 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 26,680 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 27,020 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 24,340 ha | -9.9% |
| 1984 | 24,830 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 27,390 ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 29,320 ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 28,560 ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 29,110 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 29,450 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 29,540 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 29,610 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 29,660 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 29,680 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 30,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 39,400 ha | +27.1% |
| 1997 | 35,000 ha | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 36,850 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 31,843 ha | -13.6% |
| 2000 | 28,196 ha | -11.5% |
| 2001 | 28,194 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 27,722 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 27,555 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 27,467 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 26,428 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 26,227 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 26,580 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 26,106 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 25,817 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 26,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 28,461 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 27,966 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 29,598 ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 28,173 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 28,053 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 28,361 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 27,370 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 24,648 ha | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 24,409 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 24,404 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 21,862 ha | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 23,134 ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 17,536 ha | -24.2% |
| 2024 | 18,599 ha | +6.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 18,599 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,929 ha, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +27.1% | 31,000 ha | 39,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,989 ha | 17,000 ha | 26,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,633 ha | 24,869 ha | 27,549 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,272 ha | 24,340 ha | 29,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,258 ha | 29,540 ha | 39,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,029 ha | 25,817 ha | 28,196 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,364 ha | 24,409 ha | 29,598 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,107 ha | 17,536 ha | 24,404 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 barley — area harvested in Nepal?
- Barley — area harvested in Nepal was 18,599 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 39,400 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for barley — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 76th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.