International Rankings of Nepal 2024, 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	50	4.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	71	1.270 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	67	52.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	52	15.600 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	2.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	82	726000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	33	130.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	43	38.000 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	100	9.008 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	101	7.305 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	31	0.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	189	5.363 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	131	5.849 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	45	118.13	N/A
Exports	150	2.520 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	112	24.880 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	175	9.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	108	11.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	45	78.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	82	42.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	15	33.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	14	8.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	24	27.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	149	13.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	107	59.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	91	33 %	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	64	29.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	19	3.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	98	16.993 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	94	4.51 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	81	4.09 %	2021
Labor force	40	16.884 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	66	25 %	2011
Public debt	131	39.05 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	87	115.093 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	105	4.25 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	150	3800 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	10	23	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	82	9.661 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	129	15.77 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	141	5.05 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	125	8.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	115	10.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	121	9.50 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	89	1.051 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	108	6.657 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	121	7.708 million	2019
Coal - consumption	78	839000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	61	811000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	73	28000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	74	1.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	127	4.676 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	90	107.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	59	1.729 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	128	1.392 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	107	1.183 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	16	97	2020
Electricity access - electrification - total population	25	90	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	25	94	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	25	1.000 million	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	6	97.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	45	2.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	71	0.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	170	5.219 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	108	49400 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	108	26120 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	102	9 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	44	41 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	32	36 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	125	29	2018
Land use - arable land	72	15	2018
Land use - forest	110	25	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	103	13	2018
Total renewable water resources	45	210.200 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	38	9.320 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	99	150.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	38	3.09	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	172	22	2023
Geography
Area - land	94	143351 sq km	N/A
Area - total	97	147181 sq km	N/A
Area - water	76	3830 sq km	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	25	70 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	3	2565 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	36	13320 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	64	3159 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	125	29	2018
Land use - arable land	72	15	2018
Land use - forest	110	25	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	103	13	2018
Population Density	66	215.55 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	38	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Birth rate	77	17.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	8	9	2019
Child marriage - women married by age 15	18	8	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	15	33	N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	16	19 %	2022
Contraceptive prevalence rate	77	46.70 %	2019
Current health expenditure	65	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	5	75 %	2023
Death rate	72	5.60 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	110	9.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	65	10.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	90	54.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	73	45.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	46	93 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	82	6 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	60	6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	19	7 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	44	4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	79	0.91 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	59	23.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	68	25.80 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	64	24.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	99	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	81	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	91	73 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	95	63 %	2021
Literacy - male	69	81 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	82	71 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	51	174.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	114	28 years	N/A
Median age - male	115	26 years	N/A
Median age - total	105	27 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	73	20	2016
Net migration rate	95	4.30 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	140	4.10 %	2016
Physicians density	113	0.85 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	49	30.899 million	2023
Population growth rate	99	0.74 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	34	95 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	77	14 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	70	12 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	61	5 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	31	0.92 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	102	1.88 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	38	3.09	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	172	22	2023
Transportation
Airports	81	51	2024
Heliports	53	14	2024
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	97	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	39.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - narrow gauge	59	59	2018
Railways - total	98	59 km	2018

*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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