Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested was 7,210 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Nepal stood at 7,210 ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 57,850 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 7,104 ha, in 2019.
Nepal ranks 4th of 21 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 47,000 ha | +46.9% |
| 1969 | 46,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 51,700 ha | +12.4% |
| 1971 | 54,813 ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 57,850 ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 54,410 ha | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 33,131 ha | -39.1% |
| 1975 | 33,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 33,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 40,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 1979 | 47,000 ha | +17.5% |
| 1980 | 57,000 ha | +21.3% |
| 1981 | 51,959 ha | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 35,320 ha | -32.0% |
| 1983 | 30,400 ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 23,666 ha | -22.2% |
| 1985 | 27,200 ha | +14.9% |
| 1986 | 47,190 ha | +73.5% |
| 1987 | 19,840 ha | -58.0% |
| 1988 | 14,450 ha | -27.2% |
| 1989 | 13,554 ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 13,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 9,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1994 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 11,150 ha | +23.9% |
| 1997 | 11,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 12,265 ha | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 11,675 ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 14,535 ha | +24.5% |
| 2001 | 11,289 ha | -22.3% |
| 2002 | 11,697 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 11,851 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 11,790 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 12,180 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 11,975 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 11,726 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 11,590 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 11,678 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 13,103 ha | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 10,559 ha | -19.4% |
| 2012 | 10,540 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 11,300 ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 11,350 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 8,641 ha | -23.9% |
| 2016 | 8,011 ha | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 8,007 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 7,607 ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 7,104 ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 7,555 ha | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 7,415 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 7,195 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 7,220 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 7,210 ha | -0.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 7,210 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,738 ha, 4.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Jute, raw or retted — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +73.5% | 27,200 ha | 47,190 ha |
| 1987 | -58.0% | 47,190 ha | 19,840 ha |
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 | 11,509 ha | 9,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,031 ha | 11,289 ha | 14,535 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,622 ha | 7,104 ha | 13,103 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,319 ha | 7,195 ha | 7,555 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 jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Nepal?
- Jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Nepal was 7,210 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest jute, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 57,850 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest jute, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,104 ha in 2019.
- How does Nepal rank for jute, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 4th out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is jute, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. 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 Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.