Cereals, primary — Production, per capita in Nepal
Nepal: Cereals, primary — Production, per capita was 0.3887 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production, per capita in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 0.3887 t per person for cereals, primary — production, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production, per capita in Nepal peaked at 0.3887 t per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1976 t per person, in 1982.
Nepal ranks 34th of 159 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production, per capita in Nepal, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3069 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.302 t per person | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 0.2965 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 0.2997 t per person | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 0.2985 t per person | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 0.274 t per person | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 0.2716 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.2765 t per person | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 0.2808 t per person | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.2859 t per person | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 0.2715 t per person | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2476 t per person | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 0.2794 t per person | +12.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2768 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.2777 t per person | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2633 t per person | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 0.2438 t per person | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 0.2459 t per person | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.2102 t per person | -14.5% |
| 1980 | 0.2438 t per person | +16.0% |
| 1981 | 0.247 t per person | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.1976 t per person | -20.0% |
| 1983 | 0.2583 t per person | +30.7% |
| 1984 | 0.2522 t per person | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2502 t per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.2238 t per person | -10.5% |
| 1987 | 0.2608 t per person | +16.5% |
| 1988 | 0.2847 t per person | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 0.2976 t per person | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 0.2995 t per person | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.2437 t per person | -18.6% |
| 1992 | 0.282 t per person | +15.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2447 t per person | -13.2% |
| 1994 | 0.2784 t per person | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 0.2791 t per person | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.2774 t per person | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.276 t per person | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2755 t per person | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.289 t per person | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 0.2878 t per person | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.2841 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2851 t per person | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2994 t per person | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2917 t per person | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2924 t per person | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2686 t per person | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.297 t per person | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3076 t per person | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2805 t per person | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3002 t per person | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 0.336 t per person | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3229 t per person | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3307 t per person | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3362 t per person | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3154 t per person | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.3415 t per person | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3456 t per person | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3744 t per person | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3719 t per person | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.38 t per person | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3606 t per person | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3745 t per person | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.3755 t per person | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.3887 t per person | +3.5% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 0.3887 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1015 t per person, 3.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 0.3887 t per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.2473 t per person, 1.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +30.7% | 0.1976 t per person | 0.2583 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2896 t per person | 0.2716 t per person | 0.3069 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2602 t per person | 0.2102 t per person | 0.2859 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2516 t per person | 0.1976 t per person | 0.2976 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2745 t per person | 0.2437 t per person | 0.2995 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2894 t per person | 0.2686 t per person | 0.3076 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3375 t per person | 0.3002 t per person | 0.3744 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3758 t per person | 0.3606 t per person | 0.3887 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
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 cereals, primary — production, per capita in Nepal?
- Cereals, primary — production, per capita in Nepal was 0.3887 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production, per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3887 t per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production, per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1976 t per person in 1982.
- How does Nepal rank for cereals, primary — production, per capita?
- Nepal ranks 34th out of 159 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production, per capita rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals, primary — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals, primary — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals, primary — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals, primary — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereals, primary — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.