Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 8,622 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 8,622 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 90.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 8,622 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,895 ha, in 1994.
Nepal ranks 22nd of 126 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,550 ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,650 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 3,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 1,895 ha | -34.7% |
| 1995 | 1,980 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 2,050 ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 2,115 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 2,100 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 2,250 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 3,250 ha | +44.4% |
| 2001 | 2,400 ha | -26.2% |
| 2002 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 2,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 2,797 ha | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 2,878 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 2,883 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,990 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 2,978 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 3,479 ha | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 3,645 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 3,818 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 3,967 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 3,907 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 4,532 ha | +16.0% |
| 2015 | 4,672 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 4,453 ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 5,116 ha | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 5,273 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 6,406 ha | +21.5% |
| 2020 | 6,933 ha | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 7,483 ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 7,322 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 8,385 ha | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 8,622 ha | +2.8% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 8,622 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,738 ha, 5.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 8,622 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 8,754 ha, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +44.4% | 2,250 ha | 3,250 ha |
| 1994 | -34.7% | 2,900 ha | 1,895 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,349 ha | 1,895 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,870 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,479 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,579 ha | 3,645 ha | 6,406 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,749 ha | 6,933 ha | 8,622 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Nepal?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Nepal was 8,622 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 8,622 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,895 ha in 1994.
- How does Nepal rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 22nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.2%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.