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Least Developed Country Category: Nepal Profile

* Data from the 2024 triennial review

Nepal Country Profile in PDF

LDC status

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Inclusion: 1971

Graduation: Scheduled to graduate on 24 November 2026

Reports and resolutions

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Inclusion

CDP report:
GA resolution:

Graduation

CDP reports: , ,
ECOSOC resolution:
GA resolution:
Impact assessment: 2018
Vulnerability profile: 2018
Country presentation: 2018 CDP EGM, 2021 CDP EGM
Country statements: 2018 CDP EGM, 2018 CDP Plenary, 2021 CDP Plenary
Monitoring reports: 2022, 2023, 2024

Gross national income (GNI) per capita*

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Value:

$ 1,300

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Thresholds

Inclusion: $ 1,088
Graduation: $ 1,306

Human assets index (HAI)*

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Index:

76.3

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 60 or below
Graduation: 66 or above

HAI indicators

Under-five mortality rate
Lower secondary education completion rate
stat Value: 27.3 stat Value: 72.3
Index: 89.5 Index: 69.3
Source: UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation Source: UNESCO
Prevalence of stunting
Adult literacy rate
stat Value: 26.7 stat Value: 71.2
Index: 51.6 Index: 61.5
Source: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Source: UNESCO
Maternal Mortality Rate
Gender parity index for lower secondary education completion
stat Value: 174 stat Value: 1.1
Index: 85.8 Index: 100.0
Source: UN IAG for Maternal Mortality Source: UNESCO

Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*

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Index:

29.7

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 36 or above
Graduation: 32 or below

EVI indicators

Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones
stat Value: 25.2 stat Value: 0.0
Index: 41.0 Index: 0.0
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: CIESIN
Remoteness and landlockedness
Share of population living in drylands
stat Value: 50.6 stat Value: 0.7
Index: 50.8 Index: 0.7
Source: CDP Secretariat Source: CDP Secretariat
Merchandise export concentration
Instability of agricultural production
stat Value: 7.5 stat Value: 2.3
Index: 58.5 Index: 4.3
Source: UNCTAD Source: FAO
Instability of exports of goods and services
Victims of disasters
stat Value: 5.0 stat Value: 3.03
Index: 10.0 Index: 72.0
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: UNDRR

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