Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nepal
Nepal: Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 4.87 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nepal, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 4.87 ha per square kilometre for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nepal peaked at 5.35 ha per square kilometre in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.6993 ha per square kilometre, in 1965.
That places Nepal 21st out of 110 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.7692 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.7832 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 0.7832 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.7902 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 0.6993 ha per square kilometre | -11.5% |
| 1966 | 0.8252 ha per square kilometre | +18.0% |
| 1967 | 0.8811 ha per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 1.34 ha per square kilometre | +52.6% |
| 1969 | 1.45 ha per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 1.58 ha per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 1.6 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 1.67 ha per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 1.81 ha per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1974 | 1.92 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 2.03 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 2.3 ha per square kilometre | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 2.44 ha per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 2.57 ha per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 2.49 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 2.57 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 2.74 ha per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 2.8 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 3.38 ha per square kilometre | +21.0% |
| 1984 | 3.3 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 3.16 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 3.38 ha per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 3.74 ha per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 4.17 ha per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1989 | 4.19 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 4.23 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 4.15 ha per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 3.99 ha per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 4.29 ha per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 4.27 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 4.43 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 4.57 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 4.66 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 4.53 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 4.48 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 4.6 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 4.47 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 4.65 ha per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 4.67 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 4.64 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 4.71 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 4.69 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 4.9 ha per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 4.93 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 4.85 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 5.1 ha per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 5.35 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 5.34 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 5.26 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 5.26 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.32 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 5.2 ha per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 5.13 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 4.93 ha per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 4.91 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 4.94 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 4.96 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 5 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 4.87 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 4.87 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3504 ha per square kilometre, 13.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +52.6% | 0.8811 ha per square kilometre | 1.34 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9255 ha per square kilometre | 0.6993 ha per square kilometre | 1.45 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.04 ha per square kilometre | 1.58 ha per square kilometre | 2.57 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.34 ha per square kilometre | 2.57 ha per square kilometre | 4.19 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.36 ha per square kilometre | 3.99 ha per square kilometre | 4.66 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.71 ha per square kilometre | 4.47 ha per square kilometre | 4.93 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.18 ha per square kilometre | 4.91 ha per square kilometre | 5.35 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.94 ha per square kilometre | 4.87 ha per square kilometre | 5 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nepal?
- Wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nepal was 4.87 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 5.35 ha per square kilometre in 2011.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6993 ha per square kilometre in 1965.
- How does Nepal rank for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Nepal ranks 21st out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. 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 square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.