Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nepal
Nepal: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 29,539 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nepal is 29,539 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nepal peaked at 31,886 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Nepal 5th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,400 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 8,800 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 9,200 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 9,600 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 10,400 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 10,800 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 11,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 12,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 12,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 12,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 12,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 13,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 13,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 13,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 13,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 13,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 13,700 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 27,000 ha | +80.0% |
| 1985 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 28,200 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 28,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 28,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 28,600 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 28,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 28,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 28,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 26,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 24,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 22,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 20,550 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 20,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 20,214 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 20,567 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 21,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 24,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 25,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 26,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 26,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 27,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 31,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 31,124 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 31,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 30,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 30,152 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 31,886 ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 30,679 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 30,271 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 29,979 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 29,766 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 29,589 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 29,750 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 29,637 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 29,586 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 29,539 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,578 ha | 8,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,570 ha | 11,500 ha | 13,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,390 ha | 13,500 ha | 28,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,876 ha | 20,000 ha | 28,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,187 ha | 20,567 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,486 ha | 29,766 ha | 31,886 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,620 ha | 29,539 ha | 29,750 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 2 Indonesia 63,444 ha compare
- 3 Namibia 43,947 ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 140,130 ha compare
- 4 Peru 39,770 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 126,371 ha compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 25,122 ha compare
- 7 Haiti 24,456 ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 26,472 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16,541 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 17,040 ha 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nepal?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nepal was 29,539 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 31,886 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Nepal ranks 5th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.