Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 263,505 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Nepal stood at 263,505 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 341,811 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 173,100 ha, in 1961.
Nepal ranks 42nd of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 173,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 176,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 196,900 ha | +11.9% |
| 1964 | 185,800 ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 203,500 ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 194,100 ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 197,800 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 202,600 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 206,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 211,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 212,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 218,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 219,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 226,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 228,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 236,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 240,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 244,700 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 251,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 261,200 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 269,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 278,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 291,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 282,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 216,770 ha | -23.1% |
| 1986 | 239,780 ha | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 247,750 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 293,220 ha | +18.4% |
| 1989 | 292,230 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 277,350 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 273,210 ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 267,760 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 320,110 ha | +19.6% |
| 1994 | 333,435 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 284,910 ha | -14.6% |
| 1996 | 290,790 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 289,440 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 289,525 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 284,962 ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 285,556 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 285,497 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 307,038 ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 308,736 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 287,203 ha | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 288,384 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 284,128 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 290,160 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 290,577 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 283,921 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 289,540 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 295,851 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 295,865 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 296,985 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 292,475 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 330,965 ha | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 330,439 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 331,362 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 317,525 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 333,966 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 341,811 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 339,893 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 337,322 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 297,205 ha | -11.9% |
| 2024 | 263,505 ha | -11.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 263,505 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 2.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 263,505 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 140,212 ha, 1.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192,922 ha | 173,100 ha | 206,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 228,850 ha | 211,000 ha | 251,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 267,095 ha | 216,770 ha | 293,220 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 291,149 ha | 267,760 ha | 333,435 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 291,120 ha | 283,921 ha | 308,736 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 311,497 ha | 289,540 ha | 333,966 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 315,947 ha | 263,505 ha | 341,811 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Nepal?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Nepal was 263,505 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 341,811 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 173,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 42nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.