Nepal: Poverty ratio

The latest value from 2022 is 20.3 percent, a decline from 25.2 percent in 2010. In comparison, the world average is 23.73 percent, based on data from 51 countries. Historically, the average for Nepal from 1995 to 2022 is 29.55 percent. The minimum value, 20.3 percent, was reached in 2022 while the maximum of 41.8 percent was recorded in 1995. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.