Social Development in Nepal

146 indicators covering social development for Nepal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 7 2018 up 16.7% 69th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 14,564 2025 up 62.5% 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0005 units per person 2025 up 52.7% 91st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 13.0% 55th
Political Rights Score 27 2025 up 8.0% 94th
Freedom Score 59 2025 up 15.7% 105th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 302 2025 up 1,577.8% 122nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 1,476.1% 143rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 798.5% 113th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -25.77 % change on previous year 2025 down 173.9% 101st
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 17 2018 up 6.2% 70th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 9.42 % change on previous year 2025 up 110.9% 50th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.665 2025 down 19.8% 83rd
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.706 2025 down 7.8% 99th
Political Corruption Index 0.561 2025 down 13.3% 83rd
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.561 2025 down 13.3% 83rd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.3329 2024 up 89.5% 144th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.12 units per square kilometre 2023 up 354.8% 55th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0021 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.6% 124th
LGBT+ Rights Index 4.94 2019 up 60.8% 46th
Forcibly displaced people 19,915 2025 down 75.9% 114th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 20 years 2025 up 100.0% 108th
Corruption Perceptions Index 34 2024 up 17.2% 106th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.97 2024 up 216.5% 155th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.98 2024 up 212.7% 125th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 176th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0108 2024 up 1.6% 121st
Self-reported life satisfaction 5.15 2025 up 7.4% 100th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 5.15 2025 up 7.4% 100th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 16.6% 2024 down 38.5% 159th
Homicide rate 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 28.4% 99th
Homicides 617 homicides 2020 down 24.1% 50th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 28.4% 99th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 28.4% 98th
Age of electoral democracy 12 years 2025 up 500.0% 83rd
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 down 100.0% 51st
Citizen support for democracy -0.9406 2020 up 13.9% 110th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.9717 2020 up 1.0% 116th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 695.25 deaths 2021 down 15.8% 73rd
Homicide rate 2.31 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.8% 128th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 2.32 2021 down 24.0% 123rd
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 2.81 million 2030 down 16.6% 44th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 1.65 2030 up 43.4% 141st
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2007 31st
Freedom of Association Score 7 2025 unchanged 37th
Freedom of Expression Score 8 2025 up 14.3% 10th
Civil Rights Score 6 2025 up 50.0% 31st
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 24.5% 2030 down 24.4% 43rd