IndicatorNPLNepalSouth Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.74rank #69Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)32.5rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.41rank #67Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.42rank #64Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.81rank #51Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)36.6rank #162Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.74rank #69Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.97%rank #112Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.44rank #51Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)57.8rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)44.2rank #147Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)53.6rank #117Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.66rank #66Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.66rank #50Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.51rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)54.6rank #109Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)33.1%rank #52Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.79rank #63Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)22.9%rank #75Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)21.6%rank #26Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table21,382.2rank #150Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)10.7%rank #12Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT35.1%rank #173Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)23.3%rank #18Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.1%rank #163Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)45.49Brank #102Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)4.4%rank #58Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)1,535.9rank #160Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)5,276.9rank #147Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)4,725.9rank #155Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)19.4%rank #93Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)29.4%rank #25Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)43.1%rank #3Data 2025 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)0.62%rank #143Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table1.8rank #125Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)12.1%rank #147Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)2.7%rank #79Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT39.2%rank #175Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)32.3%rank #3Data 2025 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.3%rank #68Data 2010 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)59.7rank #53Data 2002 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)13.9%rank #79Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)42.6%rank #115Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)10.5%rank #149Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT10.3%rank #147Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)77%rank #168Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)20.6%rank #138Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT20.4%rank #140Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)8.8%rank #136Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)33.7%rank #84Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)2.31Brank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)14.4Brank #100Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)93.6%rank #99Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)86%rank #113Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data2.5rank #94Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,919.8rank #96Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF97%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)6.2%rank #99Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)22.2rank #91Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)70.6rank #150Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)142rank #70Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)97%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF97%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF1.3%rank #4Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)1rank #35Data 2023 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)53.2rank #189Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)16.3rank #70Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)28.7%rank #106Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF24.8%rank #22Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)10.1rank #124Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)227rank #127Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF25.1rank #131Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)5.2%rank #17Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF7%rank #20Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)68.7%rank #43Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.7%rank #28Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)13.8rank #92Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)4.5rank #174Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)109.4%rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)128.6%rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)90.4%rank #68Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)21.3%rank #76Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)19rank #80Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)2rank #106Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP24.7rank #147Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-13.8rank #200Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)29.62Mrank #52Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)-0.11%rank #179Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP76rank #138Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP34,642rank #58Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP54rank #115Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)67%rank #88Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data18.78Mrank #92Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data0.63rank #162Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)97.9%rank #13Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber98.8%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber1.1%rank #125Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0.09%rank #100Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)389rank #126Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)43.6%rank #70Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch1.4rank #22Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber24.3rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)73.7%rank #23Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch43rank #94Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)94.2%rank #19Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)99.7%rank #4Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #3Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)450.6rank #123Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)21,000rank #125Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)4.8%rank #72Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)23.6%rank #54Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)26.1%rank #131Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)102,403rank #41Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)3,521rank #84Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)123.2rank #47Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)1.4rank #115Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)99.8rank #115Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)541.2rank #121Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR14,564rank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)2.4%rank #20Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)27.5%rank #166Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)10.1rank #98Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.86rank #100Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.49rank #113Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)30rank #12Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)2.1rank #57Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.62rank #113Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.44rank #107Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR50,000rank #3Data 2007 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)46.3%rank #146Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data5.1rank #96Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.59rank #87Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #26Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #16Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.04rank #93Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.31rank #132Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR19,613rank #84Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR8,019rank #110Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT30.6%rank #155Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP9rank #6Data 2009 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6rank #49Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.7rank #47Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.5rank #45Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.8rank #47Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.2rank #39Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7rank #51Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.1rank #38Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP1rank #2Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.5rank #50Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.8rank #37Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.1rank #34Data 2026 · Status unspecified