Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 55,440 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Nepal is 55,440 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 80,931 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1962.
Nepal ranks 57th of 167 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 54 Eswatini 60,000 ha compare
- 55 Belgium 58,330 ha compare
- 56 Costa Rica 58,301 ha compare
- 58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54,723 ha compare
- 59 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
- 60 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture share gdp 21.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
- Rural population 33.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 9.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 383,285 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Nepal?
- Sugar crops primary — 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 crops primary — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 80,931 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Nepal rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 57th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 Crops Primary — 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.