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Agricultural land in Nepal

Agricultural land in Nepal was 26.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 139th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202426.1% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank139th of 224Countries ranked
Series high29.72001
Series low24.91961

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Agricultural land in Nepal, 1961 to 2024

2425262728293019611971198119912001201120241961: 24.9 %1962: 24.9 %1963: 24.9 %1964: 24.9 %1965: 24.9 %1966: 24.9 %1967: 24.9 %1968: 24.9 %1969: 24.9 %1970: 25.9 %1971: 25.9 %1972: 26.7 %1973: 27.6 %1974: 27.9 %1975: 28 %1976: 28.2 %1977: 28.3 %1978: 28.4 %1979: 28.5 %1980: 28.6 %1981: 28.7 %1982: 28.7 %1983: 28.7 %1984: 28.8 %1985: 28.8 %1986: 28.9 %1987: 28.9 %1988: 28.9 %1989: 29 %1990: 29 %1991: 29 %1992: 29.1 %1993: 29.2 %1994: 29.2 %1995: 29.3 %1996: 29.4 %1997: 29.5 %1998: 29.6 %1999: 29.6 %2000: 29.6 %2001: 29.7 %2002: 29.6 %2003: 29.5 %2004: 29.4 %2005: 29.3 %2006: 29.2 %2007: 29.1 %2008: 29 %2009: 28.9 %2010: 28.8 %2011: 28.8 %2012: 28.5 %2013: 28.3 %2014: 28.2 %2015: 28 %2016: 27.7 %2017: 27.5 %2018: 27 %2019: 26.8 %2020: 26.5 %2021: 26.3 %2022: 26.1 %2023: 26.1 %2024: 26.1 %2426283019611983200520241961: 24.9 %1962: 24.9 %1963: 24.9 %1964: 24.9 %1965: 24.9 %1966: 24.9 %1967: 24.9 %1968: 24.9 %1969: 24.9 %1970: 25.9 %1971: 25.9 %1972: 26.7 %1973: 27.6 %1974: 27.9 %1975: 28 %1976: 28.2 %1977: 28.3 %1978: 28.4 %1979: 28.5 %1980: 28.6 %1981: 28.7 %1982: 28.7 %1983: 28.7 %1984: 28.8 %1985: 28.8 %1986: 28.9 %1987: 28.9 %1988: 28.9 %1989: 29 %1990: 29 %1991: 29 %1992: 29.1 %1993: 29.2 %1994: 29.2 %1995: 29.3 %1996: 29.4 %1997: 29.5 %1998: 29.6 %1999: 29.6 %2000: 29.6 %2001: 29.7 %2002: 29.6 %2003: 29.5 %2004: 29.4 %2005: 29.3 %2006: 29.2 %2007: 29.1 %2008: 29 %2009: 28.9 %2010: 28.8 %2011: 28.8 %2012: 28.5 %2013: 28.3 %2014: 28.2 %2015: 28 %2016: 27.7 %2017: 27.5 %2018: 27 %2019: 26.8 %2020: 26.5 %2021: 26.3 %2022: 26.1 %2023: 26.1 %2024: 26.1 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202426.1 Estimated
202326.1 Estimated
202226.1 Estimated
202126.3 Estimated
202026.5 Estimated
201926.8 Estimated
201827 Estimated
201727.5 Estimated
201627.7 Estimated
201528 Estimated
201428.2 Estimated
201328.3 Estimated
201228.5 Estimated
201128.8 Estimated
201028.8 Estimated
200928.9 Estimated
200829 Estimated
200729.1 Estimated
200629.2 Estimated
200529.3 Estimated
200429.4 Estimated
200329.5 Estimated
200229.6 Estimated
200129.7 Estimated
200029.6 Estimated
199929.6 Estimated
199829.6 Estimated
199729.5 Estimated
199629.4 Estimated
199529.3 Estimated
199429.2 Estimated
199329.2 Estimated
199229.1 Estimated
199129 Estimated
199029 Estimated
198929 Estimated
198828.9 Estimated
198728.9 Estimated
198628.9 Estimated
198528.8 Estimated
198428.8 Estimated
198328.7 Estimated
198228.7 Estimated
198128.7 Estimated
198028.6 Estimated
197928.5 Estimated
197828.4 Estimated
197728.3 Estimated
197628.2 Estimated
197528 Estimated
197427.9 Estimated
197327.6 Estimated
197226.7 Estimated
197125.9 Estimated
197025.9 Estimated
196924.9 Estimated
196824.9 Estimated
196724.9 Estimated
196624.9 Estimated
196524.9 Estimated
196424.9 Estimated
196324.9 Estimated
196224.9 Estimated
196124.9 Estimated

Nepal compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Nepal is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Nepal, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Nepal, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/nepal. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Nepal, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/nepal.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Nepal, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/nepal (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Nepal, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Nepal?

Agricultural land in Nepal was 26.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 139th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Nepal?

29.7% in 2001, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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