Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 68,391 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 68,391 ha for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and up 123.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 103,560 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 26,247 ha, in 2012.
Nepal ranks 19th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 68,000 ha | +36.0% |
| 1964 | 54,000 ha | -20.6% |
| 1965 | 70,000 ha | +29.6% |
| 1966 | 58,000 ha | -17.1% |
| 1967 | 60,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 62,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 64,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 66,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 66,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 68,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 66,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 70,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 68,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 72,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 74,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 74,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 76,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 76,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 78,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 78,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 80,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 58,400 ha | -27.0% |
| 1986 | 65,100 ha | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 64,300 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 103,560 ha | +61.1% |
| 1989 | 98,620 ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 81,100 ha | -17.8% |
| 1991 | 81,920 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 77,860 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 79,270 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 85,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 52,050 ha | -38.8% |
| 1996 | 51,960 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 48,660 ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 44,296 ha | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 35,251 ha | -20.4% |
| 2000 | 31,336 ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 29,468 ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 47,000 ha | +59.5% |
| 2003 | 51,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 27,932 ha | -45.2% |
| 2005 | 28,113 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 29,240 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 29,270 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 29,773 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 29,793 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 30,382 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 26,248 ha | -13.6% |
| 2012 | 26,247 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 31,633 ha | +20.5% |
| 2014 | 30,644 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 71,175 ha | +132.3% |
| 2016 | 68,350 ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 68,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 64,570 ha | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 71,389 ha | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 74,164 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 83,266 ha | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 84,870 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 74,251 ha | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 68,391 ha | -7.9% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 68,391 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 5.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 68,391 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 68,391 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +132.3% | 30,644 ha | 71,175 ha |
| 1988 | +61.1% | 64,300 ha | 103,560 ha |
| 2002 | +59.5% | 29,468 ha | 47,000 ha |
| 2004 | -45.2% | 51,000 ha | 27,932 ha |
| 1995 | -38.8% | 85,000 ha | 52,050 ha |
| 1963 | +36.0% | 50,000 ha | 68,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59,556 ha | 50,000 ha | 70,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,600 ha | 66,000 ha | 74,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,798 ha | 58,400 ha | 103,560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,737 ha | 35,251 ha | 85,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,292 ha | 27,932 ha | 51,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,914 ha | 26,247 ha | 71,389 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,988 ha | 68,391 ha | 84,870 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 91,902 ha compare
- 17 Greece 90,650 ha compare
- 18 France 69,230 ha compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 31,339 ha compare
- 20 Zambia 65,996 ha compare
- 21 Guinea 62,870 ha compare
- 22 China 56,198 ha compare
- 22 China, mainland 56,198 ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 20,322 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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Nepal?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Nepal was 68,391 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 103,560 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,247 ha in 2012.
- How does Nepal rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 19th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.