Commodity Origins

What does Nepal produce and export?

Nepal ranks in the top ten producers of 4 commodities: ginger (#4, 5.9% of world output in 2024), cardamom (#5, 4.5% of world output in 2024), jute (#5, 0.3% of world output in 2024), lentils (#10, 1.9% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of cardamom (#4, 5% of world export value in 2024).

Where nepal is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of nepal production in 2024. Darkest: Nepal 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: 100% (1)Pakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Nepal produce?

Commodities where Nepal is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Ginger Fruit & vegetables45.9%289,330 t2024FAOSTAT
Cardamom Softs54.5%8,808 t2024FAOSTAT
Jute Fibres & other raw materials50.3%10,220 t2024FAOSTAT
Lentils Grains & cereals101.9%152,936 t2024FAOSTAT

What does Nepal export?

Top 1 Nepal commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 1 Nepal commodity exports in 2024: Cardamom 5%; rest of world 95%.CardamomCardamom: 5%, $62 million5%Rest of worldRest of world: 95%, $095%
Nepal's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Nepal's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Nepal dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 1 Nepal commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Cardamom$62 million5%
Rest of world$095%

Nepal's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Nepal's own $160.7 million of tracked exports, not by world trade. Cardamom alone is 39% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Nepal compares with other countries.

Nepal's tracked export mix by commodityCardamom: 38.6%; Plywood: 37.5%; Tea: 20.7%; Ginger: 2.6%; Cinnamon: 0.6%.Cardamom: 38.6%Cardamom38.6%Plywood: 37.5%Plywood37.5%Tea: 20.7%Tea20.7%Ginger: 2.6%Ginger2.6%Cinnamon: 0.6%
Commodities where Nepal is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Cardamom45%$62 million2024

Top-ten importer of

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Nepal commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Nepal is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Nepal in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Nepal, computed from the same data as this page.

What Nepal uses

Nepal had about 30 million people and a food supply of 2,920 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Nepal, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Rice6.4 million tonnes0.8%135 (#17 of 141)90%10%
Potatoes3.8 million tonnes1%99 (#4 of 143)93%7.4%
Corn3.6 million tonnes0.3%42 (#28 of 140)80%27%
Milk2.8 million tonnes0.3%42 (#102 of 142)99%0.9%
Wheat2.3 million tonnes0.3%55 (#86 of 143)92%8.5%
Bananas456 thousand tonnes0.3%14 (#31 of 140)89%11%
Canola330 thousand tonnes0.4%0.3 (#40 of 136)68%32%
Oranges261 thousand tonnes0.2%5.5 (#102 of 140)95%5.4%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

Who supplies Nepal

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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