Tea leaves — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 20,760 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Nepal stood at 20,760 ha.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 28,732 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Nepal 18th out of 51 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 134 ha | 0 ha | 260 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 611 ha | 350 ha | 870 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,756 ha | 889 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,337 ha | 8,700 ha | 17,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,690 ha | 17,127 ha | 28,732 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,522 ha | 16,017 ha | 20,760 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 33,157 ha compare
- 16 Argentina 29,869 ha compare
- 17 Thailand 21,394 ha compare
- 19 Malawi 19,883 ha compare
- 20 United Republic of Tanzania 17,185 ha compare
- 21 China, Taiwan Province of 13,730 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Nepal?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Nepal was 20,760 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 28,732 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 18th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.