Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Nepal
Nepal: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 2,070 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Nepal, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 2,070 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Nepal peaked at 2,388 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,047 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Nepal 59th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Nepal, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,388 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,266 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 2,348 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 2,297 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 2,287 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,269 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,215 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 2,231 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 2,251 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 2,238 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 2,206 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,215 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,165 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 2,140 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,112 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 2,114 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,100 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,105 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,103 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,047 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 2,090 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 2,106 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 2,099 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,070 1000 ha | -1.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 2,070 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 787.08 1000 ha, 2.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 2,070 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,455 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,284 1000 ha | 2,215 1000 ha | 2,388 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,150 1000 ha | 2,100 1000 ha | 2,238 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,083 1000 ha | 2,047 1000 ha | 2,106 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -6.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Nepal?
- Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Nepal was 2,070 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,388 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,047 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Nepal rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
- Nepal ranks 59th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.