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 77th of 200 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.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture share gdp 21.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
- Rural population 33.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 9.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 383,285 t (2024)
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 77th out of 200 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.