Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 34,272 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nepal stood at 34,272 ha. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 34,272 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,160 ha, in 1995.
Nepal ranks 35th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 17,720 ha | — |
| 1991 | 18,417 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 20,850 ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 20,140 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 13,159 ha | -34.7% |
| 1995 | 12,160 ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 13,197 ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 14,150 ha | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 14,706 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 15,712 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 17,120 ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 16,720 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 17,474 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 15,277 ha | -12.6% |
| 2004 | 13,931 ha | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 14,606 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 15,207 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 15,832 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 19,915 ha | +25.8% |
| 2009 | 22,483 ha | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 22,901 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 23,609 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 24,089 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 23,628 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 25,497 ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 25,261 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 24,885 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 27,122 ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 25,964 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 28,411 ha | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 27,339 ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 32,650 ha | +19.4% |
| 2022 | 32,627 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 34,023 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 34,272 ha | +0.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 34,272 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,641 ha, 2.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 34,272 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 24,661 ha, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,021 ha | 12,160 ha | 20,850 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,856 ha | 13,931 ha | 22,483 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,137 ha | 22,901 ha | 28,411 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,182 ha | 27,339 ha | 34,272 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nepal?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nepal was 34,272 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 34,272 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,160 ha in 1995.
- How does Nepal rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 35th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.