Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 334,784 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Nepal is 334,784 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 334,784 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,870 ha, in 1961.
That places Nepal 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,870 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,450 ha | +11.4% |
| 1963 | 16,950 ha | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 18,500 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 19,250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 20,790 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 24,630 ha | +18.5% |
| 1969 | 27,700 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 28,480 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 30,750 ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 31,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 38,000 ha | +22.6% |
| 1975 | 45,000 ha | +18.4% |
| 1976 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 59,000 ha | +31.1% |
| 1978 | 59,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 71,000 ha | +20.3% |
| 1980 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 76,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 76,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 90,000 ha | +18.4% |
| 1984 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 100,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 122,012 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 140,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 145,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 150,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 140,500 ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 144,368 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 146,503 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 151,479 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 143,010 ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 153,555 ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 162,998 ha | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 167,494 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 173,309 ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 180,309 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 189,081 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 198,528 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 208,185 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 229,761 ha | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 236,746 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 248,132 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 257,480 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 258,929 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 260,262 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 270,767 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 275,508 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 289,667 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 285,636 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 288,267 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 298,604 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 304,388 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 305,671 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 312,029 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 324,615 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 334,784 ha | +3.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 334,784 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 5.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 334,784 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 216,898 ha, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,682 ha | 13,870 ha | 27,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,823 ha | 28,480 ha | 71,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 94,900 ha | 72,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 140,787 ha | 122,012 ha | 151,479 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 189,997 ha | 153,555 ha | 236,746 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 273,325 ha | 248,132 ha | 298,604 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 316,297 ha | 304,388 ha | 334,784 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 18 Japan 361,476 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 8,859 ha compare
- 19 Thailand 359,795 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia 798 ha compare
- 20 Brazil 353,177 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 322 ha compare
- 22 Italy 330,660 ha compare
- 23 Niger 316,038 ha compare
- 24 Algeria 315,828 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 257,057 ha compare
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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Nepal?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Nepal was 334,784 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 334,784 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,870 ha in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. 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 Vegetables 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.