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International Rankings of Nepal - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 49 4 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 68 1.270 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 59 38 % 2020
Internet users - total 52 11.072 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 53 2 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 79 726000 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 37 131 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 41 38.213 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 107 5.945 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 100 5.925 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 27 0.1 % of GDP 0
Exports 65 N/A US Dollars 2022
GDP (official exchange rate) 109 24.880 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 164 9.8 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 102 11.7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 43 78 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 77 42 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 14 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 22 27 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 138 13.5 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 96 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 32 16.810 million US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 19 69 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 98 12 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 144 19 % 2015
Population below poverty line 63 25.2 2011
Public debt 58 N/A % of GDP 2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 79 110.720 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP per capita 129 3800 US Dollars 2020
Taxes and other revenues 95 23.8 % of GDP 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 54 22.5 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 49 19.2 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 51 20.5 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 84 1.051 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 122 0 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 106 6.657 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 73 839000 metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 58 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 58 811000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 70 28000 metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 70 1.000 million metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 124 4.676 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 86 107.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 56 1.729 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 125 1.392 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 105 1.183 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 57 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 151 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 16 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 6 97.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 43 2.6 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 5 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 68 0.2 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 164 5.219 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 119 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - exports 55 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - imports 86 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - production 94 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - proven reserves 90 0 cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 70 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 80 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 87 0 bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 106 49400 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 101 0 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 122 0 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 105 26120 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 108 0 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 100 9.11 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 43 41.15 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 1 94.33 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 118 28.8 2018
Land use - arable land 69 15.1 2018
Land use - forest 100 25.4 2018
Land use - other 43 45.8 2018
Land use - permanent crops 67 1.2 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 96 12.5 2018
Revenue from coal 29 0 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 62 0.45 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 41 210.200 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 38 9.320 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 127 29.500 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 118 147.600 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 35 3.09 2025
Urbanization - urban population 165 21.9 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 118 N/A tons 2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 118 N/A tons 2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 86 N/A % 2022
Geography
Area - land 91 143351 sq km 0
Area - total 92 147181 sq km 0
Area - water 90 383095 sq km 0
Coastline 159 0 km 0
Elevation - highest point 187 N/A meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 23 70 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 3 2565 meters 0
Irrigated land 34 13320 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 62 3159 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 118 28.8 2018
Land use - arable land 69 15.1 2018
Land use - forest 100 25.4 2018
Land use - other 43 45.8 2018
Land use - permanent crops 67 1.2 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 96 12.5 2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 7 20.93 0843
Age structure - 25-54 years 125 38.38 7365
Age structure - 55-64 years 129 6.64 9360
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 133 0.22 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 62 0 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 120 0.13 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 148 0.36 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 93 0 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 83 17.53 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 10 24.4 % 2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate 76 46.7 % 2019
Current health expenditure 66 4.5 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 142 5.58 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 100 9.4 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 65 10.7 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 85 54.9 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 70 45.5 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 45 92.7 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 78 5.6 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 58 5.9 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 17 7.3 % of population 0
Education expenditures 42 4.2 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 67 0.3 beds/1,000 population 2012
Infant mortality rate - female 58 23.71 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 67 26.47 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 65 25.13 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 132 73.17 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 108 71.66 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 125 72.4 years 0
Literacy - female 94 59.7 % 2018
Literacy - male 73 78.6 % 0
Literacy - total population 88 67.9 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 44 186 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 105 26.9 years 2020
Median age - male 109 23.9 years 0
Median age - total 105 25.3 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 71 20.4 2016
Net migration rate 148 4.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 134 4.1 % 2016
Physicians density 110 0.85 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 47 30.667 million 2022
Population growth rate 91 0.78 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 34 95.1 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 73 14.3 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 67 12.3 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 59 4.9 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 10 13 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 7 13 years 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 9 13 years 0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 9 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 20 1.03 0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 34 0.87 0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 33 0.88 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 10 0.91 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 7 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 21 0.96 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 45 12.8 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 16 47.9 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 25 30.4 % 2020
Total fertility rate 88 1.9 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 35 3.09 2025
Urbanization - urban population 165 21.9 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 54 22.5 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 49 19.2 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 51 20.5 0
Transportation
Airports 79 47 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 41 3 0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 38 N/A 2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 37 6 0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 25 1 0
Airports - with paved runways - total 65 11 0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 34 1 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 29 1 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 52 6 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 62 36 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 41 29 2021
Heliports 23 N/A 2022
Merchant marine - total 134 N/A 2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 94 4.660 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 68 3.297 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 69 39 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 22 6 2020
Railways - standard gauge 71 N/A 2022
Railways - total 123 59 km 2018
Roadways - paved 66 11890 km 2016
Roadways - total 79 27990 km 2016
Waterways 105 N/A km 2022

*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 Nepal on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nepal 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nepal 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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