Nepal
Nepal in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Nepal recorded GDP per capita: 1,536 (2025), ranking 182 of 212 worldwide; Population: 29.62 million (2025), ranking 52 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 70.6 (2024), ranking 150 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 2.65% (2025), ranking 103 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+8849%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-106%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 19 comparable series are higher and 11 are lower.
Its population of 29.62 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 45,489,810,283.11 | 2025 | +8848.8% |
| GDP per capita | 1,535.88 | 2025 | +2958.8% |
| GDP growth | 4.43% | 2025 | +132.2% |
| Population | 29,618,118 | 2025 | +192.6% |
| Population growth | -0.11% | 2025 | -105.8% |
| Urban population | 67% | 2025 | +1806.4% |
| Inflation | 2.65% | 2025 | -68.7% |
| Life expectancy | 70.64 | 2024 | +82.7% |
| Infant mortality | 22.2 | 2024 | -89.9% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.54 | 2024 | +1897.4% |
| GDP (PPP) | 182,896,587,086.72 | 2025 | +1029.2% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 6,175.16 | 2025 | +644.4% |
| Labor participation | 39.24% | 2025 | -5.6% |
| Unemployment | 10.47% | 2025 | 0.0% |
| Internet users | 46.32% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 97.9% | 2024 | +446.9% |
| Education spending | 3.69% | 2024 | +27.5% |
| Forest area | 41.59% | 2023 | +4.9% |
| Health spending | 6.16% | 2023 | +96.6% |