Environment in Nepal

1,981 indicators covering environment for Nepal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 101st
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export quantity 8 t 2024 down 97.2% 131st
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export value 86 1000 USD 2024 down 80.5% 101st
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 130th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export value 6 1000 USD 2024 down 89.5% 112th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 25.7% 2023 up 105.6% 131st
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 62.4% 2023 down 5.0% 145th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 42.7% 2023 up 59.3% 139th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding -16.23 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged 144th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 474.05 t 2022 down 27.1% 125th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 178.08 1000 USD 2022 down 22.5% 137th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 110th
Share of land covered by forest 43.7% 2025 up 2.7% 72nd
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value 113.4 USD/m3 2023 up 27.7% 62nd
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value 127.03 USD/m3 2023 up 73.4% 58th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value 8.31 % 2023 unchanged 88th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import quantity 7,976 t 2022 up 32.9% 67th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import value 1,767 1000 USD 2022 down 53.5% 109th
NPK fertilizers — Import quantity 2,696 t 2022 up 32,036.4% 131st
NPK fertilizers — Import value 910.07 1000 USD 2022 up 2,228.1% 139th
Land use 1.95 million hectares 2023 down 13.8% 92nd
Dissolving wood pulp — Export quantity 54 t 2024 up 260.0% 33rd
Dissolving wood pulp — Export value 71 1000 USD 2024 up 914.3% 34th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 8.16 % 2023 unchanged 64th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value 0.13 % 2023 unchanged 154th
Recovered paper — Production, per capita 0.0013 t per person 2024 up 97.0% 98th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) — Value 0.03 % 2023 unchanged 141st
Urea — Import value 93,406 1000 USD 2022 up 134.6% 40th
Urea — Import quantity 111,471 t 2022 up 99.1% 56th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 0.0907 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 91st
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 0.0907 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 90th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import quantity 26 t 2024 down 10.3% 106th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import value 20 1000 USD 2024 up 185.7% 104th
Recovered paper — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 10.8% 66th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 1 m3 2024 down 94.1% 181st
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 2 1000 USD 2024 down 77.8% 177th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 102nd
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import value 6,377 1000 USD 2022 up 652.9% 70th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (No breakdown) — Value 2.99 USD/m3 2023 up 49.5% 144th
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import quantity 449.52 t 2022 up 9.6% 123rd
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import value 645.15 1000 USD 2022 up 102.4% 111th
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import quantity 7,655 t 2022 up 428.1% 79th
Ammonium sulphate — Import quantity 4,262 t 2022 down 2.0% 84th
Ammonium sulphate — Import value 891.33 1000 USD 2022 down 54.7% 89th
Potassium nitrate — Import quantity 1.99 t 2022 down 58.9% 135th
Potassium nitrate — Import value 5.79 1000 USD 2022 down 18.7% 132nd
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 0.68 USD/m3 2023 up 13.3% 52nd
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 370,010 hectares 2025 down 0.1% 64th
Ammonia, anhydrous — Import quantity 199.68 t 2022 up 634.4% 71st
Ammonia, anhydrous — Import value 233.19 1000 USD 2022 up 881.9% 70th
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Import quantity 81,399 t 2022 up 262.2% 30th
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Import value 100,343 1000 USD 2022 up 269.1% 19th
Other NP compounds — Import quantity 0.09 t 2021 down 100.0% 172nd
Other NP compounds — Import value 0.19 1000 USD 2021 down 99.9% 171st
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Import value 0.77 1000 USD 2022 down 100.0% 137th
Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Import value 11.24 1000 USD 2022 up 47.5% 136th
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Import quantity 0.26 t 2022 down 100.0% 139th
Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Import quantity 6.27 t 2022 up 109.0% 139th
Share using safely managed drinking water 16.5% 2024 down 38.8% 156th
People not using safely managed drinking water sources 24.76 million people 2024 up 22.5% 17th