Nepal — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Nepal, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Nepal was 1,536 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 45 in 1964 (about 33.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.40% per year.
Nepal ranks 182 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 86%. The median for South Asia is 4,493, so Nepal sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 75%. Within South Asia it ranks 6 of 6 economies; Bangladesh (2,597) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 45% in 1965. That is 27% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1975; grown tenfold by 2010. Doubling roughly every 13 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 108th of 111 in 1960 → 141st of 146 in 1970 → 160th of 163 in 1980 → 186th of 192 in 1990 → 196th of 204 in 2000 → 201st of 212 in 2010 → 183rd of 210 in 2020 → 160th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,535.88 | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 1,460.28 | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 1,382.38 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,385.91 | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 1,252.75 | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 1,154.22 | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 1,203.14 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 1,179.2 | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 1,034.28 | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 877.26 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 875.54 | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 821.46 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 803.27 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 788.2 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 785.52 | +34.2% |
| 2010 | 585.28 | +23.7% |
| 2009 | 473.08 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 464.82 | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 385.45 | +13.2% |
| 2006 | 340.43 | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 309.02 | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 279.59 | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 246.43 | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 238.89 | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 240.8 | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 223.83 | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 208.65 | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 205.08 | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 211.83 | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 198.82 | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 197.84 | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 187.26 | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 172.81 | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 165.03 | -15.7% |
| 1991 | 195.72 | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 185.79 | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 184.98 | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 187.08 | +15.5% |
| 1987 | 162.04 | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 159.55 | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 149.9 | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 151.08 | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 146.63 | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 146.98 | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 142.92 | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 125.11 | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 121.87 | +12.7% |
| 1978 | 108.1 | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 95.34 | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 102.47 | -9.8% |
| 1975 | 113.61 | +26.6% |
| 1974 | 89.76 | +22.6% |
| 1973 | 73.23 | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 78.84 | +13.5% |
| 1971 | 69.45 | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 69.63 | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 64.82 | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 64.86 | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 72.26 | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 79.48 | +20.8% |
| 1965 | 65.81 | +45.2% |
| 1964 | 45.32 | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 46.31 | -15.1% |
| 1962 | 54.57 | +5.8% |
| 1961 | 51.55 | +2.7% |
| 1960 | 50.21 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Nepal’s GDP per capita in 1961?
51.55 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Nepal’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Nepal’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2958.8% in total — about 5.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1,535.88; 2024: 1,460.28; 2023: 1,382.38; 2022: 1,385.91; 2021: 1,252.75. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.