Chick peas, dry — Production in Nepal
Nepal: Chick peas, dry — Production was 9,940 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chick peas, dry — Production in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chick peas, dry — production in Nepal is 9,940 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.0% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — production in Nepal peaked at 35,000 t in 1982 and was at its lowest, 6,877 t, in 2009.
That places Nepal 25th out of 55 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chick peas, dry — Production in Nepal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 16,500 t | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 16,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 16,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 17,500 t | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 17,800 t | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 19,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 19,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 21,000 t | +10.5% |
| 1971 | 21,600 t | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 21,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 22,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 23,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 24,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 24,500 t | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 24,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 24,800 t | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 27,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 30,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 33,500 t | +11.7% |
| 1982 | 35,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 33,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 30,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 16,000 t | -46.7% |
| 1986 | 18,180 t | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 21,130 t | +16.2% |
| 1988 | 15,620 t | -26.1% |
| 1989 | 17,090 t | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 16,620 t | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 16,700 t | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 16,570 t | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 15,950 t | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 13,565 t | -15.0% |
| 1995 | 16,058 t | +18.4% |
| 1996 | 13,640 t | -15.1% |
| 1997 | 14,030 t | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 13,512 t | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 12,798 t | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 12,154 t | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 12,148 t | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 11,029 t | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 7,654 t | -30.6% |
| 2004 | 8,114 t | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 10,439 t | +28.7% |
| 2006 | 8,405 t | -19.5% |
| 2007 | 8,085 t | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 7,319 t | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 6,877 t | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 7,064 t | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 8,130 t | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 8,192 t | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 9,696 t | +18.4% |
| 2014 | 9,380 t | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 9,408 t | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 10,914 t | +16.0% |
| 2017 | 10,969 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 11,271 t | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 10,675 t | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 11,285 t | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 11,065 t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 12,196 t | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 11,980 t | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 9,940 t | -17.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 9,940 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,343 t, 1.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, dry — Production 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 | -46.7% | 30,000 t | 16,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,200 t | 16,000 t | 19,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,290 t | 21,000 t | 27,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,952 t | 15,620 t | 35,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,944 t | 12,798 t | 16,700 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,222 t | 6,877 t | 12,154 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,570 t | 7,064 t | 11,271 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,293 t | 9,940 t | 12,196 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 22 Sudan (former) 13,271 t compare
- 23 Kazakhstan 10,968 t compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 10,769 t compare
- 24 Caribbean 203.37 t compare
- 26 Tunisia 9,637 t compare
- 27 Jordan 8,516 t compare
- 28 Israel 5,670 t compare
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 — production in Nepal?
- Chick peas, dry — production in Nepal was 9,940 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — production recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 35,000 t in 1982.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — production recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,877 t in 2009.
- How does Nepal rank for chick peas, dry — production?
- Nepal ranks 25th out of 55 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — production rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Production. 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.