Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 132,080 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Nepal, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Nepal stood at 132,080 ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 206,615 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 42,000 ha, in 1985.
That places Nepal 73rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 42,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 42,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 45,900 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 46,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 46,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 93,200 ha | +101.3% |
| 1991 | 102,021 ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 115,500 ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 111,500 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 78,004 ha | -30.0% |
| 1995 | 78,468 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 77,916 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 80,870 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 83,068 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 85,826 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 90,345 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 92,695 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 96,349 ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 97,410 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 101,257 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 103,889 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 105,874 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 104,725 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 116,310 ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 126,772 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 130,169 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 145,995 ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 185,615 ha | +27.1% |
| 2013 | 185,877 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 202,011 ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 206,615 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 206,132 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 205,068 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 130,640 ha | -36.3% |
| 2019 | 137,392 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 135,725 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 147,718 ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 148,867 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 132,733 ha | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 132,080 ha | -0.5% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 132,080 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 1.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 132,080 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 119,419 ha, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +101.3% | 46,300 ha | 93,200 ha |
| 2018 | -36.3% | 205,068 ha | 130,640 ha |
| 1994 | -30.0% | 111,500 ha | 78,004 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44,540 ha | 42,000 ha | 46,300 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 90,637 ha | 77,916 ha | 115,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,563 ha | 90,345 ha | 126,772 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,551 ha | 130,169 ha | 206,615 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 139,425 ha | 132,080 ha | 148,867 ha | 5 |
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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 fruit primary — area harvested in Nepal?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Nepal was 132,080 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 206,615 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,000 ha in 1985.
- How does Nepal rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 73rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.6%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.