Wheat — Area harvested in Nepal
Nepal: Wheat — Area harvested was 681,851 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Nepal stood at 681,851 ha.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Nepal peaked at 767,499 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 100,000 ha, in 1965.
Nepal ranks 36th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 112,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 112,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 113,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 100,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1966 | 118,000 ha | +18.0% |
| 1967 | 126,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 192,255 ha | +52.6% |
| 1969 | 207,915 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 225,575 ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 228,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 239,183 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 259,438 ha | +8.5% |
| 1974 | 273,925 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 290,823 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 328,574 ha | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 348,280 ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 367,240 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 356,180 ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 366,860 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 391,790 ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 399,890 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 483,820 ha | +21.0% |
| 1984 | 471,750 ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 451,890 ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 482,820 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 535,530 ha | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 596,750 ha | +11.4% |
| 1989 | 599,290 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 604,240 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 592,740 ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 571,260 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 613,980 ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 611,309 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 634,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 653,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 667,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 647,210 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 640,802 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 660,040 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 641,030 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 667,077 ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 669,014 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 664,589 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 675,807 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 672,040 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 702,664 ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 706,481 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 694,950 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 731,131 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 767,499 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 765,317 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 754,243 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 754,474 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 762,373 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 745,823 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 735,850 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 706,843 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 703,992 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 707,505 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 711,067 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 716,978 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 697,762 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 681,851 ha | -2.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 681,851 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 12.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested 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% | 126,000 ha | 192,255 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132,352 ha | 100,000 ha | 207,915 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 291,762 ha | 225,575 ha | 367,240 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 478,039 ha | 366,860 ha | 599,290 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 623,604 ha | 571,260 ha | 667,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 675,369 ha | 641,030 ha | 706,481 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 742,754 ha | 703,992 ha | 767,499 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 703,033 ha | 681,851 ha | 716,978 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 33 Turkmenistan 814,915 ha compare
- 34 Czechia 776,500 ha compare
- 35 Belarus 720,000 ha compare
- 37 Ethiopia PDR 591,590 ha compare
- 38 Azerbaijan 567,818 ha compare
- 39 Serbia and Montenegro 564,110 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 wheat — area harvested in Nepal?
- Wheat — area harvested in Nepal was 681,851 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 767,499 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Nepal rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 36th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.