Nepal Commercial Poultry Survey 2024-2025
Nepal, 2025
National Statistics Office (NSO)
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Identification
Survey ID Number
NPL-NSO-CPS-2025-V01
Title
Nepal Commercial Poultry Survey 2024-2025
Translated Title
Nepal Vyabasayik Kukhura Palan Sarvekshan 2024-2025
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Nepal | NPL |
Study type
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
Series Information
Second Round
Abstract
The commercial poultry survey (2081/82) highlights the sector's scale and economic footprint across 75 districts of Nepal, involving 22,928 farms, of which 63.7% are formally registered. Individual ownership dominates at 98%, with male operators running 79.5% of total farms and female operators running 20.5%. The workforce comprises 63,881 individuals, featuring 58.5% male and 41.5% female employment. Production heavily favours meat, with 92.0% of farms dedicated to broilers, followed by 7.4% for egg production, and 0.5% for hatcheries.
The industry demonstrates significant financial scale. On the reference day, the total poultry count stood at 33,465,991, while the cumulative annual stock reached 127,698,888 birds. Annual sales generated approximately NPR 61 billion from meat, NPR 14.8 billion from eggs, NPR 10.2 billion from chicks, and NPR 1 billion from manure. To support this output, the sector holds fixed assets valued at NPR 61.5 billion and incurred NPR 79 billion in total annual expenses.
Despite substantial production, critical gaps exist in financial security and risk management. Only 37.3% of farms utilise institutional credit, a mere 4.1% possess insurance coverage, and only 5.6% received government subsidies in the past three years. Furthermore, among those farms that suffered, 51.2% of farms suffered stock losses due to diseases or external factors. Looking forward, while 35.0% of operators plan to expand, market shortages (45.0%) and capital deficits (20.5%) remain the primary drivers for those downsizing or closing down.
The industry demonstrates significant financial scale. On the reference day, the total poultry count stood at 33,465,991, while the cumulative annual stock reached 127,698,888 birds. Annual sales generated approximately NPR 61 billion from meat, NPR 14.8 billion from eggs, NPR 10.2 billion from chicks, and NPR 1 billion from manure. To support this output, the sector holds fixed assets valued at NPR 61.5 billion and incurred NPR 79 billion in total annual expenses.
Despite substantial production, critical gaps exist in financial security and risk management. Only 37.3% of farms utilise institutional credit, a mere 4.1% possess insurance coverage, and only 5.6% received government subsidies in the past three years. Furthermore, among those farms that suffered, 51.2% of farms suffered stock losses due to diseases or external factors. Looking forward, while 35.0% of operators plan to expand, market shortages (45.0%) and capital deficits (20.5%) remain the primary drivers for those downsizing or closing down.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
National and Province Level
Version
Version Description
v01: Final data for commercial poultry survey 2025
Version Date
2025-10-01
Scope
Notes
The scope of the Nepal Commercial Poultry Survey 2025 includes:
- Number of Poultry raising for meat product, for eggs product and for baby chick product.
- Qty of poultry meet produced
- Qty (Crate) of eggs produced
- Number of baby chick produced from hatchery
- Employment generation in the poultry farming sector.
- Expenditure, Income and Gross Value Added in poultry farming sector
- Number of Poultry raising for meat product, for eggs product and for baby chick product.
- Qty of poultry meet produced
- Qty (Crate) of eggs produced
- Number of baby chick produced from hatchery
- Employment generation in the poultry farming sector.
- Expenditure, Income and Gross Value Added in poultry farming sector
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Poulty |
| Firms |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Field work of this survey covered 75 districts out of 77 districts of Nepal.
Universe
All registered or unregistered commercial poultry firms who raise 500 poultry year round or 200 poultry in last lot and who produce chicken meat, eggs and baby chick
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Statistics Office (NSO) | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Government of Nepal, Regular budget, Financing | GoN |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
- List of 22928 poultry farmer with number of poultry was gather before sampling design.
- Two stage stratified sampling was employed
- All together 3766 poultry farmer was selected from 584 strata
- Two stage stratified sampling was employed
- All together 3766 poultry farmer was selected from 584 strata
Weighting
Weight variable was generated.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2025-02-13 | 2025-05-14 |
Time periods
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2024-12-01 | 2024-12-30 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
The field work in districts was supervised by the Head of Statistical Office and Statistics Officers of the respective SCO. Central supervisions from NSO were also conducted in the selected SCO and districts for cross-check and validation of data. Responsible officers from the NSO collected/ received copy of hardcopy questionnaire via email and WhatsApp or Viber for those enumerators who is not possible to meet during field supervision. By looking the copy of filled questionnaire, the feedback and suggestion were provided to the respected enumerators.
Data Collection Notes
Series of questionnaire testing has been done before finalize the questionnaire. Approximately 30 questionnaires were filled-up during the pre-testing.
Three days in-depth training programs were organized in two places - one in the Dhanusha district and another in the Banke district, for the enumerators. Classroom teaching, Hands-on practice, moke interview and field interview were done during the training session. A total of 39 interviewers, 30 supervisors were used in this survey. Data collectioon took place over a period of about 3 months from 13 February 2025 to 14 May 2025. Each enumerator took on an average 45 minutes to fill one questionnaire. Enumerators from National Statistics Office (NSO) and Statistical Co-ordination Office (SCO) are deployed for this survey.
Three days in-depth training programs were organized in two places - one in the Dhanusha district and another in the Banke district, for the enumerators. Classroom teaching, Hands-on practice, moke interview and field interview were done during the training session. A total of 39 interviewers, 30 supervisors were used in this survey. Data collectioon took place over a period of about 3 months from 13 February 2025 to 14 May 2025. Each enumerator took on an average 45 minutes to fill one questionnaire. Enumerators from National Statistics Office (NSO) and Statistical Co-ordination Office (SCO) are deployed for this survey.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| National Statistics Office | NSO | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The hard copy questionnaire (18 pages) was prepared and information was collected using the hard copy questionnaire. The questionnaire is divided into 8 sections as follows:
Section 1. Introduction
Section 2. Firm operation information
Section 3: Employment
Section 4: Number & types of poultry raising by firms
Section 5: Firm's Production and Sold
Section 6: Current and Capital Expenditure of the firm for the reference year
Section 7: Debt, Insurance and Subsidy related information
Section 8: Miscellaneous
Section 1. Introduction
Section 2. Firm operation information
Section 3: Employment
Section 4: Number & types of poultry raising by firms
Section 5: Firm's Production and Sold
Section 6: Current and Capital Expenditure of the firm for the reference year
Section 7: Debt, Insurance and Subsidy related information
Section 8: Miscellaneous
Data Processing
Data Editing
Coding and editing in the hardcopy questionnaire was made before data entry. To maintain the consistent data, primary consistency checks program are in-built in the data entry application. Further intra-record and inter-record consistency checks are held by developing the secondary batch edit application
Other Processing
Data Tabulation and Analysis are used through statistical package STATA and report were fine tuning using EXCEL packages were used
Access policy
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief-Statistician, National Statistics Office (NSO) | Office of the Prime Ministers and Ministers of Council (OPMCM) | info@nsonepal.gov.np | www.nsonepal.gov.np |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director of Publication, Dissemination and Library Sectio | National Statistics Office (NSO) | info@nsonepal. gov.np | www.nsonepal.gov.np |
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of the respondents is guaranteed by article 10 of Statistics Act 2022.
Access conditions
The dataset has been anonymized and is available for public use
Citation requirements
National Statistics Office (NSO), Nepal Commercial Poultry Survey 2025. Data and information is downloaded from Microdata Catalogue (NADA): https://microdata.nsonepal.gov.np/index.php/home/
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The National Statistics Institute [NSO], Nepal bears no responsibility for any outcomes or for interpretations or inferences arising from the use of the data, or use of the information provided on the study
Copyright
(c) 2025, National Statistics Office [NSO], Nepal
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-NPL-NSO-CPFS-2025-v01
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Statistics Office | NSO | Office of Priminister and Minister of Council (OPMC) | Documentation of the Study |
Date of Metadata Production
2026-06-09
DDI Document version
Version 01 (June 2026): Original documentation of the survey