Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 261,986 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Nepal is 261,986 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 287,765 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 121,000 ha, in 1966.
Nepal ranks 70th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 139,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 141,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 130,950 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 132,680 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 121,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 125,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 131,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 134,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 138,505 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 146,355 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 146,264 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 147,919 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 140,996 ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 141,991 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 134,746 ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 161,060 ha | +19.5% |
| 1979 | 168,980 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 142,130 ha | -15.9% |
| 1981 | 146,280 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 141,900 ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 144,340 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 156,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 169,620 ha | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 195,220 ha | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 203,590 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 214,190 ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 210,560 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 205,820 ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 204,453 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 198,384 ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 207,566 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 220,342 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 231,541 ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 227,450 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 222,221 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 217,949 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 228,989 ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 220,802 ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 222,484 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 221,761 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 224,960 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 222,003 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 224,073 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 224,895 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 220,090 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 214,411 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 214,773 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 229,532 ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 249,906 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 244,460 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 240,906 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 231,536 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 257,293 ha | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 241,813 ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 237,787 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 247,002 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 287,765 ha | +16.5% |
| 2020 | 285,374 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 282,587 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 287,097 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 271,332 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 261,986 ha | -3.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 261,986 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 1.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 261,986 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 390,528 ha, 67% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131,737 ha | 121,000 ha | 141,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 146,082 ha | 134,000 ha | 168,980 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 172,383 ha | 141,900 ha | 214,190 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 216,472 ha | 198,384 ha | 231,541 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 221,025 ha | 214,411 ha | 224,960 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 246,800 ha | 229,532 ha | 287,765 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 277,675 ha | 261,986 ha | 287,097 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0626 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.8409 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1232 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Nepal?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Nepal was 261,986 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 287,765 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 121,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Nepal rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 70th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.