Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 145,984 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 145,984 ha for lentils, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 15.6% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 212,876 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 68,000 ha, in 1961.
Nepal ranks 7th of 59 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 72,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 73,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 74,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 75,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 76,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 77,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 78,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 79,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 80,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 82,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 84,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 86,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 88,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 90,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 93,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 95,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 96,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 98,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 100,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 103,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 115,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 106,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 1985 | 98,560 ha | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 103,260 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 107,310 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 112,860 ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 120,360 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 121,970 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 119,490 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 119,820 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 163,950 ha | +36.8% |
| 1994 | 171,425 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 147,579 ha | -13.9% |
| 1996 | 157,080 ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 158,270 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 162,390 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 174,594 ha | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 180,750 ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 178,706 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 180,210 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 183,294 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 187,380 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 188,895 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 183,170 ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 189,181 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 189,497 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 183,798 ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 187,437 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 207,591 ha | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 207,630 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 206,522 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 205,939 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 204,475 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 205,939 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 206,969 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 198,605 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 208,766 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 212,876 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 202,416 ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 198,454 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 173,011 ha | -12.8% |
| 2024 | 145,984 ha | -15.6% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 145,984 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,114 ha, 69.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +36.8% | 119,820 ha | 163,950 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,667 ha | 68,000 ha | 78,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 87,300 ha | 79,000 ha | 96,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 106,435 ha | 98,000 ha | 120,360 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 149,657 ha | 119,490 ha | 174,594 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 184,488 ha | 178,706 ha | 189,497 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 203,987 ha | 187,437 ha | 208,766 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 186,548 ha | 145,984 ha | 212,876 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 4 Australia 1.04 million ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 129,738 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 350,728 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 89,150 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 236,771 ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 124,892 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 77,009 ha compare
- 10 China 65,114 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 65,114 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 lentils, dry — area harvested in Nepal?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Nepal was 145,984 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 212,876 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 7th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. 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 Lentils, dry — 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.