Rice and products — Food supply in Nepal
Nepal: Rice and products — Food supply was 841.31 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — 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 rice and products — food supply in Nepal is 841.31 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in Nepal peaked at 863.58 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 811.2 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
That places Nepal 17th 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.
Rice and products — Food supply in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 811.51 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 815.11 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 811.25 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 811.2 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 822.45 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 826.3 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 833.22 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 845.31 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 861.65 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 857.76 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 841.75 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 859.66 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 863.58 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 841.31 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 829.58 kcal/cap/d | 811.2 kcal/cap/d | 861.65 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 851.58 kcal/cap/d | 841.31 kcal/cap/d | 863.58 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 269.97 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Gambia 885.06 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 China, mainland 858.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 207.45 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 China 847.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 102.61 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Senegal 792.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Türkiye 87.91 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Malaysia 700.52 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Syrian Arab Republic 81.87 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Comoros 676.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Republic of Moldova 30.5 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 rice and products — food supply in Nepal?
- Rice and products — food supply in Nepal was 841.31 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 863.58 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 811.2 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Nepal rank for rice and products — food supply?
- Nepal ranks 17th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 Rice 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.