Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 1,188 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Nepal is 1,188 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 9,275 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 639 ha, in 2016.
That places Nepal 69th out of 139 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 7,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 7,889 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 8,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 8,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 9,090 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 9,110 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 9,275 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 5,422 ha | -41.5% |
| 1975 | 6,716 ha | +23.9% |
| 1976 | 6,740 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 6,964 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 7,990 ha | +14.7% |
| 1979 | 7,590 ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 7,520 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 7,210 ha | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 6,840 ha | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 8,960 ha | +31.0% |
| 1984 | 9,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 8,550 ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 8,680 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 8,820 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 6,470 ha | -26.6% |
| 1989 | 7,300 ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 7,610 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 7,290 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 6,520 ha | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 6,660 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 6,742 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 6,028 ha | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 6,130 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 5,670 ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 5,790 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 4,422 ha | -23.6% |
| 2000 | 4,283 ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 4,226 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 3,813 ha | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 3,597 ha | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 3,398 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 3,003 ha | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 2,733 ha | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 2,729 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,687 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 2,542 ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 2,534 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,135 ha | -55.2% |
| 2012 | 1,893 ha | +66.8% |
| 2013 | 1,800 ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 1,773 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,724 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 639 ha | -62.9% |
| 2017 | 1,379 ha | +115.8% |
| 2018 | 1,247 ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 1,088 ha | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 1,238 ha | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 1,191 ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 1,173 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,201 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 1,188 ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,877 ha | 7,300 ha | 8,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,770 ha | 5,422 ha | 9,275 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,940 ha | 6,470 ha | 9,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,286 ha | 4,422 ha | 7,610 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,301 ha | 2,542 ha | 4,283 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,521 ha | 639 ha | 2,534 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,198 ha | 1,173 ha | 1,238 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Nepal?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Nepal was 1,188 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 9,275 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 639 ha in 2016.
- How does Nepal rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 69th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.