International Rankings of Nepal 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	41,256	100	2012
Internet users	577,800	111	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	834,000	82	2013
Telephones - mobile cellular	18,138,000	54	2013
Economy
Budget expenditures	$3,900,000,000	125	FY12/13
Budget revenues	$3,300,000,000	122	FY12/13
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-3.10	65	FY12/13
Central bank discount rate(%)	6	32	31 Dec 2010 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	8.00	100	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	$648,000,000	50	2013 est.
Debt - external	$3,956,000,000	124	31 Dec 2011 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	32.8	84	2010
Exports	$1,060,000,000	158	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	10.30	165	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	10.00	106	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	81.20	37	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-37.70	62	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	21.60	72	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	14.60	5	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	36.80	14	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	14.50	148	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	48.70	133	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$19,340,000,000	113	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,500	160	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$42,060,000,000	104	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	3.60	43	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	29.50	68	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	3.20	16	2011
Imports	$6,329,000,000	119	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	1.50	62	2013 est.
Labor force	16,000,000	39	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	75.00	12	2010 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	7.00	104	2010 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	18.00	130	2010 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 3,849,000,000	82	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	25.20	67	2011 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	28.00	113	NA
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$6,574,000,000	85	15 Jan 2014 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 11,490,000,000	101	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$103,000,000	107	NA
Stock of domestic credit	$13,460,000,000	88	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 3,553,000,000	112	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	17.1	148	FY12/13
Unemployment rate (%)	46.00	9	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	3,173,000	138	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	82	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	128	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	2,745,000,000	132	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	30,000,000	86	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	7.9	137	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	92.1	10	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	694,000,000	71	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	721,000	130	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	3,431,000,000	128	2012 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	88.59	193	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	18,430	132	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	21,960	101	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	116	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	0	193	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	8850	1	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	70	25	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	334.7	86	2006
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	9.5	50	2006
Irrigated land (sq km)	11,680	40	2003
Land Area - sq km	143,351.00	94	NA
Land boundaries - km	2,926	65	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	16.00	69	2011
Land use - other (%)	83.20	121	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.80	122	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	216.16	56	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	147,181.00	94	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	210.20	44	2011
Water Area - sq km	3,830	75	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	7,618,397	37	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	6,941,152	46	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	5,947,512	42	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	5,260,878	44	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	367,103	30	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	380,172	31	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	4,805,381	40	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	4,989,268	39	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	31.60	58	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	3,484,203	31	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	3,521,421	33	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	22.60	3	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	5,775,404	45	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	5,273,079	48	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	35.70	98	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	886,760	51	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	847,431	47	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	5.60	81	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	755,111	61	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	648,917	54	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	4.50	98	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	21.07	78	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	34.00	16	2008 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	2,467,549	12	2008 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	29.10	17	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	49.70	82	2011
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	6.62	135	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	8.60	79	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	11.70	69	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	64.00	55	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	55.40	58	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	87.6	53	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	88.1	64	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	90.3	63	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	12.4	80	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	11.9	61	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	9.7	35	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	4.70	36	2010
Health expenditures	5.40	60	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.30	40	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	4,100	41	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	48,700	60	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	4.70	29	2009
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	40.35	47	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	40.50	59	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	40.43	53	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	68.56	167	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	65.88	149	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	67.19	153	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	46.70	117	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	71.10	100	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	57.40	111	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	170.00	40	2010
Median age - female (years)	23.60	114	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	22.20	126	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	22.90	113	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	20.10	65	2011 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	3.71	32	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	1.40	147	2008
Physicians density	0.21	125	2004
Population	30,986,975	42	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	1.82	55	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	33.7	109	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	66.3	46	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	36.7	114	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	63.3	34	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	51.2	107	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	48.8	32	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	13	9	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	12	9	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	12	9	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	22	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.91	35	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.97	21	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.87	24	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.04	12	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.96	26	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.30	78	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	3.62	27	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	17	177	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	47	78	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	11	68	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	36	67	2013
Railways (km)	59	129	2008
Roadways (km)	10,844	132	2010

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