Agriculture share of GDP in Nepal
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 21.6% of GDP in Nepal in 2025.
Nepal, 2025
21.6%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
4.0%
Agriculture share of GDP in Nepal over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.6% | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 21.7% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 21.3% | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 20.9% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 22.0% | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 21.6% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 22.3% | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 23.7% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 25.5% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 26.5% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 27.5% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 28.6% | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 30.1% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 30.8% | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 33.2% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 31.3% | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 30.3% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 31.2% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 32.4% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 33.8% | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 34.7% | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 35.1% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 36.2% | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 35.2% | 3.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 21.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 26.5%, the figure has changed by −5.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.0%.
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Agricultural land
26.1%
2024 · World Bank
Cereal yield
3,521 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.19e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
17.9%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.60e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
41.1e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT