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🇳🇵 Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
NPL NP ₨ Nepalese rupee (NPR)
Every statistic we track for Nepal — 113 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$6,551
71.1 yrs
5.15
0.51
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All indicators
📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 60% | #90/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 60% | #90/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 23.8 | #29/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | 6.9% | #24/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 17.7% | #109/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 28.1% | #80/97 | 2024 |
| Economic Freedom of the World | 6.5 | #86/163 | 2022 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 133.7 | #51/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #166/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -2.5% | #83/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 45.8 | #101/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 194.1 | #84/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 1,548 | #164/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 3,014 | #135/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 6,551 | #152/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 3.5% | #60/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 49.6% | #101/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 1,451 | #167/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 3.1% | #107/191 | 2026 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 9.1% | #135/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 10.6% | #66/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | 3% | #94/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0.1% | #82/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 95,965,910,597 | #86/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 2 | #106/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.5 | #48/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 25.7 | #162/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 31.5 | #41/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 29.6 | #51/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 201.3 | #74/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 8,019 | #68/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 66.8% | #97/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 97.9% | #141/214 | 2024 |
| Internet Users | 46.3% | #149/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 121.1 | #80/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 40.2% | #36/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 4% | #51/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 6.2 | #125/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.5 | #159/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 443 | #124/149 | 2023 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 33.1 | #164/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 100% | #6/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #89/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #70/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -0.6 | #133/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 34 | #109/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 34 | #108/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.4 | #73/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.4 | #68/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #61/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 2 | #93/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 62 | #99/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #59/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #81/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -0.9 | #160/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #67/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #64/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 1% | #112/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.4 | #54/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #83/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 60.5 | #73/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #76/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -0.1 | #94/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 54.8 | #84/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 2 | #86/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 1.6 | #139/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 28.2 | #9/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 82.4% | #94/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 73.9% | #4/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.2 | #147/193 | 2026 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 26.2% | #71/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 10.9% | #38/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 4.9 | #61/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 50.2 | #89/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 2.5 | #146/193 | 2026 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 66.5% | #78/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 5.1 | #99/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.9 | #80/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.2 | #120/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #59/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.5 | #91/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #110/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.1 | #98/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #145/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 85.9% | #53/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 92.1% | #15/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Science | 72.5% | #79/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 70.5% | #60/143 | 2018 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.