International Rankings of Nepal 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	132	3	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	76	791961	0
Internet users - percent of population	160	34 %	2018
Internet users - total	53	10.104 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	166	2.85	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	81	855926	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	35	139.45	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	37	41.880 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	109	5.945 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	102	5.925 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	31	0.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	115	46	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	74	63.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	83	81.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	40	85.1	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	111	24.880 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	171	9.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	107	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	45	78 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	80	42 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	15	33.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	14	8.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	24	27 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	144	13.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	100	59.5 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	63	29.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	19	3.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	7	12.4 %	2017
Labor force	33	16.810 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	21	69 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	102	12 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	153	19 %	2015
Population below poverty line	65	25.2	2011
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	92	97.749 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	162	3417 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	100	23.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	114	8.396 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	125	4.983 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	92	2.690 million kWh	2017
Electricity - from fossil fuels	76	5	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	7	92	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	38	3	2017
Electricity - imports	58	2.175 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	130	943100 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	123	4.244 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	113	27000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	106	26120 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	102	9.11 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	44	41.15 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	1	94.33 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	121	28.8	2018
Land use - arable land	71	15.1	2018
Land use - forest	108	25.4	2018
Land use - other	45	45.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	101	12.5	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	63	0.45 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	42	210.200 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	39	9.320 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	129	29.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	120	147.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	37	3.09	2025
Urbanization - urban population	175	21	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	93	143351 sq km	0
Area - total	94	147181 sq km	0
Area - water	92	383095 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	23	70 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	3	2565 meters	0
Irrigated land	41	13320 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	62	3159 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	121	28.8	2018
Land use - arable land	71	15.1	2018
Land use - forest	108	25.4	2018
Land use - other	45	45.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	101	12.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	42	210.200 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	7	20.93 %	0843
Age structure - 25-54 years	132	38.38 %	7365
Age structure - 55-64 years	138	6.64 %	9360
Birth rate	83	17.78 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	79	46.7 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	53	5.8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	153	5.57 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	91	8.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	64	11.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	96	53 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	73	44.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	51	91.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	71	8.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	57	8.5 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	17	8.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	28	5.1 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	58	30000	2020
Hospital bed density	66	0.3 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	61	24.25 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	70	27.13 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	68	25.73 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	139	72.9 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	116	71.38 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	134	72.12 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	44	186	2017
Median age - female	109	26.9 years	2020
Median age - male	111	23.9 years	0
Median age - total	110	25.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	59	21.6	2016
Net migration rate	151	4.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	139	4.1 %	2016
Physicians density	112	0.75 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	47	30.425 million	2021
Population growth rate	99	0.81 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	50	91.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	63	28.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	47	24.3 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	61	7.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	6	1.11 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	41	0.82	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	32	0.9	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	13	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	92	1.93 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	56	23.9	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	50	19.7	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	51	21.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	37	3.09	2025
Urbanization - urban population	175	21	2021
Transportation
Airports	79	47	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	67	11	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	52	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	62	36	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	41	29	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	96	4.660 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	69	3.297 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	71	39	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	125	59 km	2018
Roadways - paved	67	11890 km	2016
Roadways - total	81	27990 km	2016
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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.

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