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This table lists the international rankings of Nepal, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Nepal, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	99	41,256	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	164	17.60	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	66	5,547,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	59	3.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	83	846,940	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	81	840,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	73	87.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	48	27,516,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	110	$5,452,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	106	$4,848,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	52	-2.90	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	29	8	31 Jul 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	60	9.80	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	33	$831,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	133	$4,990,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	84	32.8	2010
Exports	158	$898,400,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	163	10.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	110	10.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	32	82.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	76	-39.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	54	25.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	4	10.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	18	29.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	150	13.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	139	50.40	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	112	$19,340,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	164	$2,500	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	98	$71,520,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	64	0.60	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	7	37.90	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	62	29.50	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	18	3.20	2011
Imports	108	$7,116,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	83	-6.30	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	24	9.10	2016 est.
Labor force	39	15,200,000	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	16	69.00	2014 est.
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	93	12.00	2014 est.
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	132	19.00	2014 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	71	$11,810,000,000	31 Oct 2015 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	67	25.20	2011 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	127	30.00	FY 2012/13 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	78	$8,054,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	87	$23,040,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	120	$103,000,000	31 Jul 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	91	$17,540,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	99	$5,202,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	102	22.9	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	8	46.00	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	105	4,200,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	84	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	96	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	78	0	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	104	3,900,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	72	3,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	149	7.5	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	10	92.5	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	81	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	48	1,400,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	99	800,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	99	3,800,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	99	0	1 Jan 2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	115	27,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	127	0	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	106	25,870	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	199	0	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	1	8850	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	25	70	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	40	11,680	2003
Land Area - sq km	94	143,351.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	62	3,159	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	124	28.80	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	71	15.10	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	110	25.40	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	48	45.80	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	71	1.20	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	102	12.50	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	3	2,565	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	67	202.54	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	94	147,181.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	44	210.20	2011
Water Area - sq km	76	3,830	NA
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	45	4,333,105	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	41	4,646,048	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	71	30.93	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	35	3,169,721	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	37	3,176,158	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	4	21.86	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	45	5,740,985	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	52	4,707,264	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	169	35.99	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	51	927,202	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	48	877,288	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	135	6.22	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	63	732,620	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	53	723,523	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	143	5.02	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	71	19.90	2016 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	15	34.00	2008 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	11	2,467,549	2008 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	15	29.10	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	81	49.70	2011
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	71	5.70	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	85	9.00	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	72	11.10	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	63	61.80	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	60	52.90	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	42	91.8	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	53	91.6	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	60	90.9	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	87	8.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	68	8.4	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	32	9.1	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	36	4.70	2010
Health expenditures	59	5.50	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	81	0.20	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	45	2,600	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	62	38,800	2013 est.
Hospital bed density	28	4.70	2009
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	57	27.50	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	64	30.20	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	63	28.90	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	100	71.30	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	84	70.10	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	92	70.70	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	93	53.10	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	82	76.40	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	111	57.40	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	40	170	2010
Median age – female (years)	118	24.80	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	121	22.40	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	123	23.60	2016 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	65	20.10	2011 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	72	-1.90	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	147	1.40	2008
Physicians density	124	0.21	2004
Population	46	29,033,914	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	72	1.24	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	114	43.5	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	51	56.5	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	117	45.8	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	42	54.2	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	111	56	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	37	44	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	9	13	2013
School life expectancy - male (years)	9	12	2013
School life expectancy - total (years)	9	12	2013
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	10	1.07	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	23	1.00	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	44	0.82	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	27	0.95	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	26	0.86	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	11	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	25	0.95	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	84	2.18	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	126	3	2008 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	118	4	2008 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	46	3.18	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	184	18.6	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	78	47	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	68	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	67	36	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	94	4,536,371	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	118	510,341	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	81	15	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2015
Railways (km)	129	53	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	99	4,952	2010
Roadways - total (km)	134	10,844	2010
Roadways - unpaved (km)	101	5,892	2010

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Nepal on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Nepal contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Nepal should be addressed to the CIA.

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