Oranges — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Oranges — Area harvested was 4,267 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — area harvested in Nepal is 4,267 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 4,401 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,705 ha, in 1994.
That places Nepal 55th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,390 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 2,700 ha | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 2,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 1,705 ha | -34.4% |
| 1995 | 1,780 ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 1,845 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 1,930 ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 1,900 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 2,050 ha | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 2,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 2,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 2,250 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 2,857 ha | +24.2% |
| 2005 | 2,970 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 3,015 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 3,072 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 3,799 ha | +23.7% |
| 2009 | 3,874 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 3,971 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 4,089 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 4,139 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 3,613 ha | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 3,504 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 3,440 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 3,443 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,881 ha | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 3,865 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 4,036 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 4,262 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 4,353 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 4,401 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 4,205 ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 4,267 ha | +1.5% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 4,267 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,473 ha, 66% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 4,267 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 4,267 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -34.4% | 2,600 ha | 1,705 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,120 ha | 1,705 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,839 ha | 2,100 ha | 3,874 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,798 ha | 3,440 ha | 4,139 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,298 ha | 4,205 ha | 4,401 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 oranges — area harvested in Nepal?
- Oranges — area harvested in Nepal was 4,267 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 4,401 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,705 ha in 1994.
- How does Nepal rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 55th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. 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 Oranges — 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.