Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested was 16,382 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Nepal, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Nepal stood at 16,382 ha.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 16,565 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,045 ha, in 1991.
That places Nepal 4th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,650 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 6,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,488 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 6,045 ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 6,665 ha | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 7,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 7,711 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 7,960 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 8,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 11,000 ha | +32.5% |
| 1998 | 12,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1999 | 12,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 13,600 ha | +13.3% |
| 2001 | 10,668 ha | -21.6% |
| 2002 | 10,840 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 11,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 11,635 ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 11,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 11,498 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 11,712 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 12,015 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 11,849 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 11,766 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 12,584 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 11,665 ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 13,129 ha | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 11,501 ha | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 12,458 ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 12,120 ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 12,508 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 12,769 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 15,055 ha | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 16,565 ha | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 15,668 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 15,975 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 15,975 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16,382 ha | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,560 ha | 6,500 ha | 6,650 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 8,617 ha | 6,045 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,632 ha | 10,668 ha | 13,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,556 ha | 11,501 ha | 15,055 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,113 ha | 15,668 ha | 16,565 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Nepal?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Nepal was 16,382 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 16,565 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,045 ha in 1991.
- How does Nepal rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 4th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.4%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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.