Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Nepal
Nepal: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0.023 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 0.023 ha per person for wheat — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Nepal peaked at 0.032 ha per person in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.0089 ha per person, in 1965.
That places Nepal 42nd out of 110 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0107 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0106 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0104 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0103 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0089 ha per person | -13.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0103 ha per person | +15.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0108 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0161 ha per person | +49.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0171 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0181 ha per person | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 0.018 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0184 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0195 ha per person | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0202 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 0.021 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0232 ha per person | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 0.024 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0247 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0234 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0236 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0246 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0245 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.029 ha per person | +18.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0276 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0259 ha per person | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 0.027 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0293 ha per person | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 0.032 ha per person | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0314 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0309 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0296 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0277 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 0.029 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0281 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0285 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0287 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0287 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0273 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0266 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0269 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0257 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0263 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.026 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0255 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0257 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0253 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0262 ha per person | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0262 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0256 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0267 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0279 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0278 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0273 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0273 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0274 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0267 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0263 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0252 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0248 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0244 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0241 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0241 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0235 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 0.023 ha per person | -2.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 0.023 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0025 ha per person, 9.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +49.3% | 0.0108 ha per person | 0.0161 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0117 ha per person | 0.0089 ha per person | 0.0171 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0211 ha per person | 0.018 ha per person | 0.0247 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0275 ha per person | 0.0236 ha per person | 0.032 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0285 ha per person | 0.0266 ha per person | 0.0309 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0259 ha per person | 0.0253 ha per person | 0.0269 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0267 ha per person | 0.0248 ha per person | 0.0279 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0238 ha per person | 0.023 ha per person | 0.0244 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
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 wheat — area harvested, per capita in Nepal?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Nepal was 0.023 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.032 ha per person in 1988.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0089 ha per person in 1965.
- How does Nepal rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Nepal ranks 42nd out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.