Degree of land concentration

Agricultural land

(thousands of ha): 4,259

small farms as % of all farms: 78.9%

% of agricultural land in the hands of small farmers: 42.8%

Measurement of “small-scale”: <2 ha

Year/source:

Nepal – Agricultural Census 2002 – Main Results  in  FAO, 2000 World Census of Agriculture

Gini Index for land distribution: 0.49