Grand Total — Food supply in Nepal
Nepal: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,920 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Nepal, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grand total — food supply in Nepal is 2,920 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Nepal peaked at 2,994 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,513 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Nepal 94th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,548 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,599 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 2,627 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 2,658 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 2,691 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,795 kcal/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 2,847 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 2,855 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,887 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,938 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 2,994 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,972 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,920 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,702 kcal/cap/d | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | 2,887 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,956 kcal/cap/d | 2,920 kcal/cap/d | 2,994 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 grand total — food supply in Nepal?
- Grand total — food supply in Nepal was 2,920 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,994 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,513 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Nepal rank for grand total — food supply?
- Nepal ranks 94th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.