Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 916,044 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Nepal stood at 916,044 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 985,565 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 412,000 ha, in 1967.
Nepal ranks 38th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 432,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 431,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 434,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 437,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 451,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 450,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 412,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 421,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 432,900 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 445,750 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 438,622 ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 445,533 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 453,312 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 458,027 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 452,520 ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 445,350 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 444,980 ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 454,140 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 432,340 ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 457,450 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 475,490 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 510,770 ha | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 503,770 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 578,720 ha | +14.9% |
| 1985 | 614,680 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 626,710 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 673,810 ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 721,870 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 751,170 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 757,710 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 754,090 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 775,220 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 757,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 771,410 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 791,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 793,720 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 794,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 799,060 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 802,290 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 819,010 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 824,525 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 825,980 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 836,190 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 834,285 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 849,892 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 850,947 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 870,401 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 870,166 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 875,428 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 875,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 906,253 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 871,387 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 849,635 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 928,761 ha | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 882,395 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 891,583 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 900,288 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 954,158 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 940,886 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 957,650 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 979,776 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 985,565 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 940,256 ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 916,044 ha | -2.6% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 916,044 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 3.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 916,044 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 284,691 ha, 3.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 433,489 ha | 412,000 ha | 451,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 447,057 ha | 432,340 ha | 458,027 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 591,444 ha | 457,450 ha | 751,170 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 779,620 ha | 754,090 ha | 802,290 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 845,682 ha | 819,010 ha | 875,428 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 900,101 ha | 849,635 ha | 954,158 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 955,858 ha | 916,044 ha | 985,565 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Nepal?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Nepal was 916,044 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 985,565 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 412,000 ha in 1967.
- How does Nepal rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 38th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.