Nepal — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Nepal, 1965–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.65%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -68.7% since 1965
Inflation for Nepal was 2.65% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 61 years, from 1965 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 19.81% in 1974. The lowest was -3.11% in 1976 (about -1.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.92% per year.
Nepal ranks 103 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 55%. The median for South Asia is 3.56%, so Nepal sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 66%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.65%
First (1965)
8.47%
Change
-68.7%
Highest
19.81%
in 1974
Lowest
-3.11%
in 1976
Average
7.67%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.92%
Years of data
61
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.65% |
| 2024 | 4.69% |
| 2023 | 7.12% |
| 2022 | 7.67% |
| 2021 | 4.13% |
| 2020 | 5.06% |
| 2019 | 5.57% |
| 2018 | 4.41% |
| 2017 | 2.78% |
| 2016 | 8.79% |
| 2015 | 7.87% |
| 2014 | 8.36% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.