Millet — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Millet — Area harvested was 224,935 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Nepal stood at 224,935 ha.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 278,030 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 68,000 ha, in 1961.
Nepal ranks 17th of 86 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 72,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 69,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100,000 ha | +44.9% |
| 1966 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 102,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 108,800 ha | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 111,900 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 114,795 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 114,745 ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 120,797 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 125,179 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 125,099 ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 125,520 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 121,794 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 121,130 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 123,410 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 122,810 ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 121,780 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 122,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 129,110 ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 123,870 ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 134,370 ha | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 151,050 ha | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 150,780 ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 164,770 ha | +9.3% |
| 1988 | 182,560 ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 193,490 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 198,570 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 198,240 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 201,770 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 254,400 ha | +26.1% |
| 1994 | 250,100 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 260,090 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 259,940 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 260,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 262,440 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 263,950 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 263,450 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 259,888 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 258,120 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 259,130 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 258,597 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 258,839 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 261,673 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 265,160 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 265,496 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 265,889 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 268,473 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 269,820 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 278,030 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 274,350 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 271,183 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 268,050 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 266,799 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 263,596 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 263,497 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 263,261 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 262,547 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 265,401 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 267,071 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 227,934 ha | -14.7% |
| 2024 | 224,935 ha | -1.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 224,935 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 2.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 224,935 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 9,300 ha, 24.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +44.9% | 69,000 ha | 100,000 ha |
| 1993 | +26.1% | 201,770 ha | 254,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88,978 ha | 68,000 ha | 111,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 121,528 ha | 114,745 ha | 125,520 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 147,388 ha | 121,780 ha | 193,490 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 240,950 ha | 198,240 ha | 263,950 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 261,624 ha | 258,120 ha | 265,889 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 268,706 ha | 263,261 ha | 278,030 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 249,578 ha | 224,935 ha | 267,071 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 14 Namibia 268,803 ha compare
- 15 Russian Federation 255,000 ha compare
- 16 Pakistan 229,451 ha compare
- 18 Guinea 200,000 ha compare
- 19 Myanmar 186,298 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 75,000 ha compare
- 20 Ethiopia PDR 152,090 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 millet — area harvested in Nepal?
- Millet — area harvested in Nepal was 224,935 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 278,030 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for millet — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 17th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. 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 Millet — 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.