Rice — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Rice — Area harvested was 1.42 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Nepal is 1.42 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 1.56 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.09 million ha, in 1961.
That places Nepal 16th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.09 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.09 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 1.09 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1.10 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 1.11 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 1.10 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 1.15 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 1.16 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 1.17 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 1.18 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 1.20 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 1.14 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 1.23 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 1.24 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 1.26 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 1.26 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 1.26 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 1.26 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 1.25 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 1.28 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 1.30 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1.26 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 1.33 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 1.38 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 1.39 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 1.33 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 1.42 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 1.45 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.43 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 1.46 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 1.26 million ha | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 1.45 million ha | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 1.37 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 1.50 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 1.51 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 1.51 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 1.51 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.55 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 1.56 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.52 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 1.54 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 1.54 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.56 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.54 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 1.55 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.44 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 1.55 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 1.56 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.48 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 1.50 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.53 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.42 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 1.49 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 1.43 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 1.36 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 1.55 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 1.47 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 1.49 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.46 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 1.47 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.48 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.45 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.44 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.42 million ha | -1.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1.42 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 21.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1.42 million ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1.42 million ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.12 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.23 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.36 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.47 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.53 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.47 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.45 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 13 Madagascar 2.04 million ha compare
- 13 Türkiye 128,904 ha compare
- 14 Brazil 1.59 million ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 28,574 ha compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 811,177 ha compare
- 15 Japan 1.46 million ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 4,751 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 99 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 99 ha compare
- 17 Sri Lanka 1.13 million ha compare
- 18 Sierra Leone 987,345 ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 20 ha compare
- 19 Mali 789,529 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 rice — area harvested in Nepal?
- Rice — area harvested in Nepal was 1.42 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.56 million ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.09 million ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for rice — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 16th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 Rice — 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.