Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested was 12,447 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 12,447 ha for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 28,000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 9,600 ha, in 1961.
Nepal ranks 9th of 23 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 | 11,244 ha | 9,600 ha | 13,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,450 ha | 13,200 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,456 ha | 14,260 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,565 ha | 17,520 ha | 26,220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,648 ha | 19,337 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,486 ha | 16,428 ha | 21,296 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,638 ha | 11,745 ha | 16,895 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Nepal?
- Pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Nepal was 12,447 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 28,000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 9th out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.8%. 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 Pigeon peas, dry — 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.