Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 241,044 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Nepal is 241,044 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 241,044 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41,200 ha, in 1964.
That places Nepal 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 50,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 41,200 ha | -18.9% |
| 1965 | 52,600 ha | +27.7% |
| 1966 | 52,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 53,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 53,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 54,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 57,100 ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 60,550 ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 63,135 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 63,439 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 65,631 ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 66,446 ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 66,280 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 65,387 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 63,850 ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 64,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 64,830 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 63,180 ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 65,710 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 74,200 ha | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 85,880 ha | +15.7% |
| 1985 | 92,540 ha | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 98,160 ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 102,910 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 108,880 ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 110,170 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 112,050 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 112,580 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 113,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 113,020 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 113,664 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 119,634 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 127,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 131,550 ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 130,423 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 138,057 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 143,187 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 150,019 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 159,093 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 165,171 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 168,027 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 172,289 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 176,864 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 180,334 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 183,737 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 212,900 ha | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 216,466 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 213,600 ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 220,250 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 227,234 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 235,877 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 228,923 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 230,650 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 224,387 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 225,247 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 223,763 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 217,687 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 228,538 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 227,893 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 233,397 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 241,044 ha | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,689 ha | 41,200 ha | 54,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,592 ha | 57,100 ha | 66,446 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 86,646 ha | 63,180 ha | 110,170 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 121,128 ha | 112,050 ha | 138,057 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 171,162 ha | 143,187 ha | 212,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 224,640 ha | 213,600 ha | 235,877 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 229,712 ha | 217,687 ha | 241,044 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Nepal?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Nepal was 241,044 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 241,044 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,200 ha in 1964.
- How does Nepal rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, 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.