Reference Data in Nepal 2,814 indicators covering reference data for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Age dependency breakdown 9.8% 2023 up 14.7% 146th Number of 1-year-olds, by sex 274,828 people 2023 down 4.9% 49th Air passengers 4.29 million 2023 up 566.9% 66th Dietary compositions by commodity group 61.01 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 34.5% 93rd Median age 24.68 years 2023 up 18.8% 165th Net official development assistance and official aid received 1.17 billion constant 2023 US$ 2023 up 30.6% 40th 15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term, annual 17.46 % change on previous year 2025 up 123.2% 46th Armed forces personnel as a share of total population 0.4% 2020 down 33.0% 80th Armed forces personnel 112,000 2020 down 29.0% 52nd Number of people living in the capital city 4.24 million people 2100 down 2.7% 51st Meaningful democratic electoral institutions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons 0.0841 ratio 2016 down 25.6% 121st Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people 0 cases per million 2023 down 100.0% 63rd Net food imports by crop - Rice, broken 36,039 2019 up 838.8% 21st Total Reserves, per square kilometre 0.0593 units per square kilometre 2016 up 465.1% 89th Industry jobs as a share of total employment 31.3% 2025 up 7.6% 14th Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79 36.1 2019 down 0.8% 111th Nitrogen use efficiency 43.6% 2014 down 21.6% 112th Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese 18.0% 2014 down 16.3% 9th Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre 2023 — 78th Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.0755 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 83.9% 78th Share of children who are overweight or obese 1.8% 2024 up 28.6% 154th Commercial bank branches 23.82 per 100,000 adults 2024 up 177.5% 31st Share of government spending going to interest payments 4.1% 2021 down 28.7% 99th Reported versus estimated cases of polio 0 cases 2023 — 26th Paralytic polio: estimated cases by world region 0 cases 2023 — 26th Reported cases of paralytic polio by world region 0 cases 2023 — 26th Reported paralytic polio cases per million 0 cases per million 2023 — 26th Reported cases of paralytic polio 0 cases 2023 — 26th Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted 719,300 2024 down 34.1% 37th IPAC Dashboard indicators — Geothermal 0 Index 2024 — 37th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - LULUCF 2,945 2019 up 170.8% 60th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Land Use change 0 2019 — 115th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - AFOLU 2,945 2019 up 170.8% 60th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - LULUCF 4,152 2019 up 221.0% 55th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Land Use change 1,131 2019 up 70.4% 71st Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square 0.2225 units per square kilometre 2019 up 50.0% 23rd Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita 0.0011 units per person 2019 up 43.5% 68th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Savanna fires 0.0925 2019 up 32.1% 67th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - LULUCF 2.11 2019 up 66.3% 19th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Land Use change 1.98 2019 up 70.4% 12th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests 1.98 2019 up 70.4% 12th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Forest fires 2.11 2019 up 66.3% 19th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Savanna fires 24.52 2019 up 32.2% 67th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - LULUCF 559.35 2019 up 66.3% 19th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Land Use change 524.3 2019 up 70.4% 12th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Fires in humid 524.3 2019 up 70.4% 12th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Forest fires 559.35 2019 up 66.3% 19th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 — 6th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires 1.01 2019 up 32.2% 67th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF 23.12 2019 up 66.3% 20th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change 21.67 2019 up 70.4% 13th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests 21.67 2019 up 70.4% 12th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 — 6th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires 23.12 2019 up 66.3% 19th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires 28.37 2019 up 32.2% 67th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - LULUCF 647.3 2019 up 66.3% 20th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Land Use change 606.74 2019 up 70.4% 13th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Fires in humid 606.74 2019 up 70.4% 12th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Fires in organic 0 2019 — 6th ← Previous Page 12 of 47 Next →