Sugar cane — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 55,440 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 55,440 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.8% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 80,931 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1962.
Nepal ranks 36th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1963 | 7,775 ha | +55.5% |
| 1964 | 9,875 ha | +27.0% |
| 1965 | 8,640 ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 11,400 ha | +31.9% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1969 | 12,300 ha | +11.8% |
| 1970 | 13,500 ha | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 14,385 ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 15,110 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 14,885 ha | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 15,869 ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 15,200 ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 15,080 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 17,990 ha | +19.3% |
| 1978 | 22,880 ha | +27.2% |
| 1979 | 21,990 ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 22,420 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 23,960 ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 25,170 ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 25,410 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 22,740 ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 17,480 ha | -23.1% |
| 1986 | 23,010 ha | +31.6% |
| 1987 | 24,910 ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 29,520 ha | +18.5% |
| 1989 | 29,550 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 31,500 ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 32,960 ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 37,410 ha | +13.5% |
| 1993 | 38,320 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 37,785 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 43,583 ha | +15.3% |
| 1996 | 44,820 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 46,360 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 48,800 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 53,894 ha | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 58,126 ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 59,422 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 59,477 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 60,425 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 59,425 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 59,082 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 62,058 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 64,019 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 62,962 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 58,101 ha | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 61,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 62,998 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 64,472 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 64,483 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 65,675 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 66,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 80,931 ha | +21.5% |
| 2017 | 71,466 ha | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 78,609 ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 71,625 ha | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 68,565 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 64,354 ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 62,567 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 62,833 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 55,440 ha | -11.8% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 55,440 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 55,440 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 55,440 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +55.5% | 5,000 ha | 7,775 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,110 ha | 5,000 ha | 12,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,689 ha | 13,500 ha | 22,880 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,417 ha | 17,480 ha | 29,550 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,543 ha | 31,500 ha | 53,894 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,310 ha | 58,101 ha | 64,019 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,786 ha | 61,000 ha | 80,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,752 ha | 55,440 ha | 68,565 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Nepal?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Nepal was 55,440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 80,931 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Nepal rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 36th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.