Soya beans — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Soya beans — Area harvested was 22,549 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 22,549 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.0% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 29,317 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Nepal 51st out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 11,300 ha | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 13,800 ha | +22.1% |
| 1986 | 15,300 ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 18,700 ha | +22.2% |
| 1988 | 20,700 ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 20,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 20,660 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 21,343 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 19,690 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 20,220 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 19,150 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 21,543 ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 20,770 ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 20,980 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 21,245 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 23,046 ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 19,759 ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 20,723 ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 20,968 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 21,450 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 22,073 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 22,559 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 23,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 23,214 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 23,214 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 23,478 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 23,942 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 29,317 ha | +22.5% |
| 2012 | 29,282 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 24,934 ha | -14.8% |
| 2014 | 23,757 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 23,588 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 23,446 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 23,563 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 21,897 ha | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 25,179 ha | +15.0% |
| 2020 | 26,775 ha | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 23,030 ha | -14.0% |
| 2022 | 24,921 ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 26,842 ha | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 22,549 ha | -16.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 22,549 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 75% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 22,549 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 22,549 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +25.0% | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,111 ha | 4,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,800 ha | 7,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,050 ha | 10,000 ha | 20,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,865 ha | 19,150 ha | 23,046 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,054 ha | 19,759 ha | 23,478 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,890 ha | 21,897 ha | 29,317 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,823 ha | 22,549 ha | 26,842 ha | 5 |
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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 soya beans — area harvested in Nepal?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Nepal was 22,549 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 29,317 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 51st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. 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 Soya beans — 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.