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Wheat Data
Indicator (Source) Value Year
Total Land (FAO) 143,350 km2 2012
Arable Land (FAO) 2,118,000 ha 2012
Wheat area (FAO) 754,474 ha 2014
Wheat area (USDA) 770,000 ha 2015
Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014
Wheat yield (USDA) 2 t/ha 2015
Wheat production (FAO) 1,883,147 t 2014
Wheat production (USDA) 1,800,000 t 2015
Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 2,045,000 t 2015
Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 1,761,980 t 2011
Wheat imports (FAO) 4,848 t 2012
Wheat imports (USDA) 250,000 t 2015
Wheat exports (FAO) 45 t 2010
Wheat exports (USDA) 5,000 t 2015
Wheat seed production (FAO) 75,000 t 2013
Wheat Data
Indicator (Source) Value Year
Food supply - TOTAL
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
2,580 2011
Food supply - CEREALS
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
1,609 2011
Percentage of total daily calories
from cereals (FAO)
62 % 2011
Food supply - WHEAT
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
348 2011
Percentage of total daily calories
from wheat (FAO)
13 % 2011
Total supply wheat (USDA) 2,050,000 t 2015
Beginning stocks (USDA) --- ---
Ending stocks (USDA) --- ---
Feed domestic consumption (USDA) --- ---
Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 2,045,000 t 2015
Demographic Data
Indicator - year (Source) Year Value %
Total population - (FAO) 2024 31,203,000 100%
Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 30,001,000 96%
Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 36,479,000 116%
Urban population - (FAO) 2024 6,855,000 100%
Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 6,081,000 88%
Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 13,378,000 195%
Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 24,348,000 100%
Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 23,920,000 98%
Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 23,101,000 94%
Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 13,089,000 100%
Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 13,089,000 100 %
Undernourished Population - (FAO) 2014 11.54 %
Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.458
Literacy rate, adult total (WB)
(percentage of people ages 15 and above)
NPL 2,013
Life expectancy at birth, total (WB)
(years)
NPL 2,013
Demographic Data
Indicator - year (Source) Value Year
Population bellow US$ 1.25 - NPL (WB) 2013 %
Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) 0.217 2011
Unemployment total (WB)
(percentage)
2,013 NPL
GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 NPL
GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 NPL
Agriculture, value added (WB)
(percentage of GDP)
2,013 NPL
Fertilizer consumption (WB)
(% of fertilizer production)
2,013 NPL
Fertilizer consumption (WB)
(kilograms per hectare of arable land)
2,013 NPL
Nº of tractors
per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB)
2,013 NPL
Mobile cellular subscriptions
per 100 people (WB)
2,013 NPL
Internet users per 100 people (WB)

External Links

FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=NPL
World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nepal
Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/nepal/

Source

FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015.
USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015.
UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013.
WB: Instant updates via API.