Nepal — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Nepal, 1960–2025.
GDP for Nepal was 45.49 billion 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 496.10 million in 1964 (about 91.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.16% per year.
Nepal ranks 104 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 49%. The median for South Asia is 108.83 billion, so Nepal sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 87%. Within South Asia it ranks 4 of 6 economies; Maldives (7.74 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 48% in 1965. That is 29% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1972; grown tenfold by 2000. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 73rd of 111 in 1960 → 83rd of 146 in 1970 → 101st of 163 in 1980 → 113th of 192 in 1990 → 117th of 204 in 2000 → 112th of 212 in 2010 → 98th of 210 in 2020 → 102nd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45,489,810,283.11 | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 43,298,911,699.93 | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 41,049,329,851.05 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 41,182,939,519.82 | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 36,924,841,394.26 | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 33,433,659,301.25 | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 34,186,180,699.03 | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 33,111,525,237.15 | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 28,971,588,940.36 | +18.1% |
| 2016 | 24,524,109,483.53 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 24,360,801,286.76 | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 22,731,612,922.19 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 22,162,204,924.57 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 21,703,100,877.13 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 21,573,872,420.7 | +34.8% |
| 2010 | 16,002,656,434.47 | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 12,854,985,464.08 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 12,545,438,605.4 | +21.5% |
| 2007 | 10,325,618,017.38 | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 9,043,715,355.89 | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 8,130,258,377.91 | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 7,273,938,314.72 | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 6,330,473,096.54 | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 6,050,875,806.66 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 6,007,055,042.18 | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 5,494,252,207.91 | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 5,033,642,384.11 | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 4,856,255,044.39 | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 4,918,691,916.54 | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 4,521,580,381.47 | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 4,401,104,417.67 | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 4,066,775,510.2 | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 3,660,041,666.67 | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 3,401,211,581.29 | -13.3% |
| 1991 | 3,921,476,084.89 | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 3,627,560,239.49 | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 3,525,225,786.59 | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 3,487,009,748.36 | +17.9% |
| 1987 | 2,957,255,379.54 | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 2,850,782,044.04 | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 2,619,913,955.52 | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 2,581,207,387.8 | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 2,447,174,803.38 | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 2,395,423,741.8 | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 2,275,583,316.67 | +16.9% |
| 1980 | 1,945,916,583.33 | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 1,851,250,008.33 | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 1,604,162,497.46 | +16.0% |
| 1977 | 1,382,400,000 | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 1,452,788,984.86 | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 1,575,789,254.47 | +29.4% |
| 1974 | 1,217,953,546.98 | +25.3% |
| 1973 | 972,101,725 | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 1,024,098,400.36 | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 882,765,471.6 | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 865,975,308.64 | +9.8% |
| 1969 | 788,641,965.43 | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 772,231,386.91 | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 841,974,025.46 | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 906,811,943.82 | +23.3% |
| 1965 | 735,267,082.29 | +48.2% |
| 1964 | 496,098,775.31 | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 496,947,904.44 | -13.4% |
| 1962 | 574,091,101.19 | +7.9% |
| 1961 | 531,959,561.62 | +4.6% |
| 1960 | 508,334,413.97 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Nepal’s GDP in 1961?
531,959,561.62 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Nepal’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +8848.8% in total — about 7.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 45,489,810,283.11; 2024: 43,298,911,699.93; 2023: 41,049,329,851.05; 2022: 41,182,939,519.82; 2021: 36,924,841,394.26. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.