Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested was 7,339 ha in 2024. β Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested in Nepal, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Nepal is 7,339 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Nepal peaked at 57,850 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 7,230 ha, in 2019.
That places Nepal 71st out of 133 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,778 ha | 30,000 ha | 47,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,890 ha | 33,000 ha | 57,850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,058 ha | 13,554 ha | 57,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,882 ha | 11,106 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,322 ha | 11,665 ha | 15,764 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,757 ha | 7,230 ha | 13,224 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,449 ha | 7,324 ha | 7,687 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 68 New Zealand 7,804 ha compare
- 69 Angola 7,587 ha compare
- 70 Nicaragua 7,581 ha compare
- 72 El Salvador 5,353 ha compare
- 73 Guinea-Bissau 4,994 ha compare
- 74 Bulgaria 4,845 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 21.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Nepal?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Nepal was 7,339 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 57,850 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,230 ha in 2019.
- How does Nepal rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 71st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β 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.