Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 8,929 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chick peas, dry — area harvested in Nepal is 8,929 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.2% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 58,000 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 8,479 ha, in 2009.
That places Nepal 22nd out of 54 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 34,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 37,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 39,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 58,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 55,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 50,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 25,890 ha | -48.2% |
| 1986 | 29,390 ha | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 31,110 ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 29,690 ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 28,830 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 28,190 ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 27,040 ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 26,970 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 28,140 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 24,098 ha | -14.4% |
| 1995 | 22,793 ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 19,080 ha | -16.3% |
| 1997 | 19,130 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 19,280 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 16,046 ha | -16.8% |
| 2000 | 14,756 ha | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 14,590 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 13,183 ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 9,738 ha | -26.1% |
| 2004 | 9,560 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 11,770 ha | +23.1% |
| 2006 | 10,163 ha | -13.7% |
| 2007 | 9,972 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 9,238 ha | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 8,479 ha | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 8,646 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 9,124 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 9,154 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 9,782 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 9,341 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 9,274 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 9,883 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 9,933 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 9,882 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 9,653 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 9,982 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 9,840 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 10,793 ha | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 10,408 ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 8,929 ha | -14.2% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 8,929 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,210 ha, 2.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | -48.2% | 50,000 ha | 25,890 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,333 ha | 32,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,800 ha | 36,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,291 ha | 25,890 ha | 58,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,077 ha | 16,046 ha | 28,190 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,145 ha | 8,479 ha | 14,756 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,467 ha | 8,646 ha | 9,933 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,990 ha | 8,929 ha | 10,793 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 chick peas, dry — area harvested in Nepal?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Nepal was 8,929 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 58,000 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,479 ha in 2009.
- How does Nepal rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 22nd out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. 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 Chick peas, dry — 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.