Economy - overview:
Nepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world, with almost one-quarter of its population living below the poverty line. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, providing a livelihood for three-fourths of the population and accounting for about one-third of GDP. Industrial activity mainly involves the processing of agricultural products, including pulses, jute, sugarcane, tobacco, and grain. Nepal has considerable scope for exploiting its potential in hydropower, with an estimated 42,000 MW of feasible capacity, but political instability hampers foreign investment. Additional challenges to Nepal's growth include its landlocked geographic location, civil strife and labor unrest, and its susceptibility to natural disaster.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition by sector: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Distribution of family income - Gini index: Investment (gross fixed): Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Inflation rate (consumer prices): Central bank discount rate: Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Market value of publicly traded shares: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Electricity - production: Electricity - consumption: Electricity - exports: Electricity - imports: Oil - production: Oil - consumption: Oil - exports: Oil - imports: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Debt - external: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Nepal on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nepal Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nepal Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
$37.74 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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$18.3 billion (2011 est.)
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3.5% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]
$1,300 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 201
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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agriculture: 34.9%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 15%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - industry country ranks ]
services: 50.1% (2010 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - services country ranks ]
18 million
country comparison to the world: 33
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.)
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agriculture: 75%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 7%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - industry country ranks ]
services: 18% (2010 est.)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]
46% (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 190
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30.9% (2011)
[see also: Population below poverty line country ranks ]
lowest 10%: 3.2%
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% country ranks ]
highest 10%: 29.5% (2011)
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% country ranks ]
47.2 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]
3% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 186
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revenues: $3.9 billion
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expenditures: $5.3 billion (FY11)
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21.3% of GDP (FY11 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
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-7.7% of GDP (FY11 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
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7.8% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]
6% (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
[see also: Central bank discount rate country ranks ]
7.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]
$3.693 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]
$11.88 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]
$9.226 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]
$4.492 billion (31 July 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
[see also: Market value of publicly traded shares country ranks ]
pulses, rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, jute, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat
tourism, carpets, textiles; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills; cigarettes, cement and brick production
1.4% (FY10)
country comparison to the world: 139
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3.156 billion kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
[see also: Electricity - production country ranks ]
4.833 billion kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
[see also: Electricity - consumption country ranks ]
0 kWh (2010 est.)
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70 million kWh (2010 est.)
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0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 208
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]
20,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 199
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13,740 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
[see also: Oil - imports country ranks ]
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 154
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Natural gas - imports country ranks ]
0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]
-$437.9 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]
$896 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
clothing, pulses, carpets, textiles, juice, pashima, jute goods
India 66.4%, US 6.8%, Germany 4.8%, Bangladesh 5.4% (2011)
$5.4 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
[see also: Imports country ranks ]
petroleum products, machinery and equipment, gold, electrical goods, medicine
India 65.2%, China 11.5% (2010)
$4.5 billion (2009)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]
$NA
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$NA
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Nepalese rupees (NPR) per US dollar -
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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