Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 1,269 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Nepal stood at 1,269 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 1,792 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 760 ha, in 1994.
That places Nepal 54th out of 90 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.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,060 ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 1,200 ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 1,150 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 760 ha | -33.9% |
| 1995 | 800 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 845 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 850 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 930 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 970 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 1,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 1,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 1,333 ha | +30.7% |
| 2005 | 1,342 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,351 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,358 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,362 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,369 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,399 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1,481 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 1,633 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 1,455 ha | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 1,594 ha | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 1,443 ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 1,457 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,303 ha | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 1,372 ha | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 1,441 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 1,792 ha | +24.4% |
| 2021 | 1,550 ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 1,567 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,276 ha | -18.6% |
| 2024 | 1,269 ha | -0.5% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,269 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,055 ha, 62% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 | -33.9% | 1,150 ha | 760 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 941.5 ha | 760 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,204 ha | 930 ha | 1,369 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,458 ha | 1,303 ha | 1,633 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,491 ha | 1,269 ha | 1,792 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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Nepal?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Nepal was 1,269 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,792 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 760 ha in 1994.
- How does Nepal rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 54th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.