Health in Nepal 1,222 indicators covering health for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population pushed below a relative poverty line by household health 3.4% 2016 up 75.5% 8th Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.8% 2016 up 63.0% 16th Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are) 13.1% 2022 down 21.6% 24th Population pushed below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household 4.2% 2016 up 138.2% 5th Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 1.6% 2016 down 16.3% 7th Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 1.3% 2016 down 33.0% 9th Population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household 2.2% 2016 down 46.5% 7th Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.5% 2016 down 64.7% 7th Population pushed below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household 1.3% 2016 down 58.0% 9th Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.2% 2016 down 77.1% 8th Population pushed further below the $3.20 a day poverty line by 42.4% 2016 down 43.8% 4th Population pushed below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household 3.3% 2016 up 41.5% 5th Population pushed further below the $3.65 a day poverty line by 30.8% 2016 down 54.6% 5th Introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods 6-8 months 84.6 2022 up 29.0% 16th Female headed households 32.7% 2022 up 16.0% 8th Domestic general government expenditure on PHC as % of primary health 32.7% 2023 up 37.2% 14th Children aged <5 years wasted for age 11.3% 2014 down 11.0% 14th Population with household spending on health greater than 10% of 14.4% 2016 up 4.9% 8th Population pushed further below a relative poverty line by household 14.3% 2016 down 3.4% 8th Exports of beer (barley) in 1000s hectolitres 10 2005 down 16.7% 67th Children aged <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORS 37.0% 2016 up 26.3% 20th Confirmed cases of MDR-TB started treatment for MDR-TB 71.0% 2012 — 36th ← Previous Page 21 of 21