Potatoes and products — Food supply in Nepal
Nepal: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 175.61 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Nepal, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, potatoes and products — food supply in Nepal stood at 175.61 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Nepal peaked at 175.61 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 134.34 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Nepal 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 135.02 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 134.34 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 135.71 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 139.74 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 139.9 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 140.84 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 144.08 kcal/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 148.51 kcal/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 152.44 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 156.33 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 161.71 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 159.13 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 166.98 kcal/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 175.61 kcal/cap/d | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 142.69 kcal/cap/d | 134.34 kcal/cap/d | 156.33 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 165.86 kcal/cap/d | 159.13 kcal/cap/d | 175.61 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 2 Republic of Moldova 116.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Ukraine 258.79 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Türkiye 90.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Peru 224.74 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 179.18 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Polynesia 47.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 42.22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Kyrgyzstan 175.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 41.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Poland 166.31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 31.1 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 163.82 kcal/cap/d compare
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 potatoes and products — food supply in Nepal?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Nepal was 175.61 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 175.61 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 134.34 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Nepal rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Nepal ranks 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. 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 Potatoes and products — 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.