Buckwheat — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 11,253 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Nepal, 2002–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, buckwheat — area harvested in Nepal stood at 11,253 ha.
That represents a change of down 5.1% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 16,123 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10,296 ha, in 2018.
Nepal ranks 15th of 32 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10,700 ha | — |
| 2003 | 10,650 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 10,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 10,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,400 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 10,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10,304 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 10,339 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 10,681 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 10,510 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 10,819 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 10,842 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 11,090 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 10,296 ha | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 10,311 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 10,369 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 13,875 ha | +33.8% |
| 2022 | 16,123 ha | +16.2% |
| 2023 | 11,857 ha | -26.5% |
| 2024 | 11,253 ha | -5.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 11,253 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 175 ha, 64.3× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +33.8% | 10,369 ha | 13,875 ha |
| 2023 | -26.5% | 16,123 ha | 11,857 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,575 ha | 10,400 ha | 10,700 ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 10,559 ha | 10,296 ha | 11,090 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,695 ha | 10,369 ha | 16,123 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 buckwheat — area harvested in Nepal?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Nepal was 11,253 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 16,123 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,296 ha in 2018.
- How does Nepal rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 15th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. 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 Buckwheat — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.