FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Nepal

According to FAOSTAT, Nepal produced 11.5 million t of cereals, 4.7 million t of vegetables, 1.5 million t of fruit, 447,767 t of meat and 2.8 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were rice (6.0 million t), potatoes (3.5 million t) and maize (3.2 million t).

Market prices in Nepal

Products recorded: 98
World #1: 1; products
World top 10: 18; products
Year: 2024

Nepal is the world’s largest producer of mustard seed, and ranks second or third for 1 other product.

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in mangoes and guavas (+101%), followed by bananas (+84%).

Livestock numbers: 5.2 million cattle, 1.5 million pigs, 633,222 sheep and 15.3 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All cereals	11,525,107	35	0.37%	+24%
All vegetables	4,658,619	29	0.39%	+33%
All roots and tubers	3,675,269	43	0.39%	+24%
All milk	2,847,389	45	0.29%	+55%
All sugar crops	2,760,495	53	0.12%	−7.9%
All fruit	1,477,767	77	0.15%	−18%
All meat	447,767	75	0.12%	+50%
All citrus fruit	318,639	42	0.19%	+42%
All pulses	272,095	45	0.28%	−12%
All eggs	82,938	61	0.08%	+89%
All tree nuts	13,319	68	0.07%	+81%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Rice (paddy)	5,955,500	16	0.73%	+24%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	4,440,116	6	1.58%	+30%
Potatoes	3,521,794	22	0.9%	+25%
Maize	3,193,869	36	0.26%	+40%
Sugar cane	2,760,495	39	0.14%	−7.9%
Wheat	2,035,559	39	0.25%	+8.1%
Buffalo milk	1,402,156	4	0.92%	+20%
Cow milk	1,281,718	65	0.16%	+141%
Skim milk of cows	546,687	44	0.38%	+145%
Mangoes and guavas	544,096	17	0.87%	+101%
Bananas	383,285	40	0.27%	+84%
Millet	300,732	14	0.97%	−1.1%
Ginger	289,330	4	5.92%	+4.8%
Mustard seed	210,324	1	24.4%	+38%
Tangerines and mandarins	194,565	26	0.37%	+30%
Chicken meat	180,076	60	0.14%	+318%
Beer	180,000	81	0.1%	+227%
Other starchy roots and tubers	153,475	10	1.57%	−0.7%
Lentils, dry	152,936	10	1.94%	−33%
Goat milk	147,935	26	0.72%	+27%
Buffalo meat	138,271	5	1.89%	−21%
Tea leaves	135,399	14	0.41%	+46%
Chillies and peppers, green	124,812	29	0.28%	+250%
Raw sugar	120,000	72	0.06%	−7.0%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	105,135	42	0.27%	−89%
Goat meat	86,280	13	1.11%	+46%
Hen eggs	80,138	61	0.09%	+87%
Other pulses n.e.c.	73,519	17	1.65%	+124%
Green garlic	72,359	21	0.24%	+61%
Lemons and limes	67,737	31	0.29%	+110%
Apples	54,506	60	0.06%	+52%
Chillies and peppers, dry	45,860	15	0.84%	+64%
Oranges	45,641	61	0.07%	+29%
Other oil seeds, n.e.c.	43,101	13	1.78%	+114%
Pork (pig meat)	39,183	73	0.03%	+103%
Molasses	39,125	68	0.05%	−6.8%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	31,061	8	2.1%	+46%
Soybeans	28,520	57	0.01%	+1.0%
Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen	27,654	5	2.21%	−21%
Pears	27,060	39	0.1%	−21%
Tea, packed	25,500	16	0.35%	+24%
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude	25,298	45	0.08%	+106%
Barley	24,931	79	0.02%	−28%
Butter of buffalo milk	24,800	4	1.31%	+18%
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes	23,230	4	1.55%	−21%
Ghee from cow milk	22,779	4	3.48%	+145%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	22,667	11	0.68%	+4.0%
Soya bean oil	22,100	56	0.04%	+105%
Ghee from buffalo milk	19,862	3	0.44%	+18%
Beans, dry	18,535	61	0.06%	−4.4%
Sheep milk	15,580	46	0.16%	−12%
Areca nuts	14,781	8	0.63%	+269%
Buckwheat	14,516	11	0.74%	+41%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	14,322	15	0.94%	+46%
Cabbages	13,973	102	0.02%	+67%
Papayas	13,676	34	0.09%	−45%
Walnuts, in shell	13,311	25	0.31%	+81%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	11,755	32	0.14%	+103%
Pigeon peas, dry	11,605	9	0.25%	−29%
Other citrus fruit, n.e.c.	10,696	28	0.08%	+45%
Jute, raw or retted	10,220	5	0.28%	−31%
Peaches and nectarines	10,210	59	0.04%	−23%
Chick peas, dry	9,940	22	0.06%	+6.0%
Linseed	9,136	13	0.3%	0.0%
Nutmeg, mace and cardamom	8,808	5	4.47%	+69%
Pineapples	8,516	54	0.03%	−43%
Plums	8,302	53	0.07%	−15%
Margarine and shortening	7,502	66	0.06%	+150%
Broad beans and horse beans, dry	5,560	42	0.09%	−1.8%
Lettuce and chicory	4,986	64	0.02%	+19%
Honey	4,332	49	0.22%	+111%
Groundnut oil	3,956	50	0.06%	+127%
Goat fat, unrendered	3,451	12	1.1%	+46%
Oil of linseed	3,426	17	0.44%	+57%
Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c.	2,800	18	0.04%	+185%
Buffalo fat, unrendered	2,765	5	0.62%	−21%
Sheep meat	2,762	98	0.02%	+4.0%
Persimmons	2,627	13	0.05%	+37%
Coconuts, in shell	2,542	71	0%	+560%
Cauliflower and broccoli	2,121	67	0.01%	−21%
Apricots	1,715	51	0.04%	+4.6%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	1,380	78	0.02%	−41%
Duck meat	1,195	42	0.02%	+426%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	994	72	0.05%	+4.0%
Fat of pigs	784	70	0.01%	+104%
Coconut oil	763	39	0.02%	—
Coffee, green	501	59	0%	+17%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	392	88	0.02%	+4.0%
Wool, greasy	390	65	0.02%	−34%
Other beans, green	253	96	0%	+13%
Seed cotton	128	75	0%	−3.0%
Sheep fat, unrendered	83	90	0.01%	+3.8%
Cotton seed	82	77	0%	−13%
Cotton lint	45	77	0%	−14%
Almonds, in shell	8	48	0%	−11%
Cottonseed oil	7	77	0%	−30%
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling	4	20	0%	−90%
Buttermilk, dry	2	136	0%	—

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	56,916,000	53	0.21%	+18%
Goats	15,289,954	18	1.29%	+50%
Cattle	5,198,388	51	0.33%	−28%
Buffalo	3,307,031	4	1.56%	−36%
Pigs	1,497,411	55	0.16%	+26%
Ducks	797,000	35	0.06%	+104%
Sheep	633,222	91	0.05%	−20%

Nepal among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Nepal, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Nepal had 29.7 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Rice (paddy)	201	100	2.0×
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	150	34.5	4.3×
Potatoes	119	47.8	2.5×
Maize	108	149	0.7×
Sugar cane	93.1	238	0.4×
Wheat	68.7	97.8	0.7×
Buffalo milk	47.3	18.8	2.5×
Cow milk	43.2	97.7	0.4×
Skim milk of cows	18.4	17.5	1.1×
Mangoes and guavas	18.3	7.62	2.4×
Bananas	12.9	17.1	0.8×
Millet	10.1	3.78	2.7×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Nepal reported exports of 49 and imports of 137 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Soya bean oil	65,138	USD 83.5 m	1.28	25 of 110
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw	4,949	USD 55.4 m	11.19	4 of 89
Palm oil	28,394	USD 30.6 m	1.08	35 of 118
Tea leaves	16,318	USD 29.5 m	1.81	14 of 143
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	17,172	USD 21.6 m	1.26	32 of 113
Ginger, raw	5,030	USD 3.8 m	0.76	17 of 115
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	3,928	USD 2.9 m	0.74	28 of 148
Beer of barley, malted	3,701	USD 1.5 m	0.42	82 of 149
Molasses	14,345	USD 1.5 m	0.10	43 of 109
Beans, dry	1,261	USD 1.3 m	1.00	64 of 139

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Soya bean oil	198,400	USD 200 m	1.01	14 of 184
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	167,200	USD 170 m	1.02	20 of 186
Maize (corn)	360,676	USD 134 m	0.37	54 of 190
Rice	341,686	USD 93.4 m	0.27	3 of 149
Apples	78,769	USD 88.2 m	1.12	32 of 190
Palm oil	82,500	USD 85.0 m	1.03	63 of 191
Rape or colza seed	160,041	USD 84.2 m	0.53	18 of 91
Green garlic	60,834	USD 77.0 m	1.27	10 of 182
Soya beans	89,969	USD 49.4 m	0.55	50 of 165
Lentils, dry	61,573	USD 41.6 m	0.68	15 of 184

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Nepal?

By volume, the largest products of Nepal in 2024 were rice (paddy) (6.0 million t), other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. (4.4 million t), potatoes (3.5 million t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Nepal the world’s largest producer of anything?

Yes. In 2024 Nepal was the world’s largest producer of 1 product: mustard seed.

How much rice (paddy) does Nepal produce per person?

About 201 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 100 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Nepal export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were soya bean oil (USD 83.5 m), nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw (USD 55.4 m), palm oil (USD 30.6 m), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Nepal import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were soya bean oil (USD 200 m), sunflower-seed oil, crude (USD 170 m), maize (corn) (USD 134 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.