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SOUTHERN ASIA

Nepal

NP

Kathmandu · pop. 30M · Nepali · Nepalese rupee · landlocked

Metrics

  1. population
    30M
    51 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $41B
    99 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $1,382
    141 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $436M
    102 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    1.1%
    109 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    147K km²
    97 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    204 /km²
    23 of 144
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    70.4 yr
    115 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    56%
    122 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.54 t
    112 of 138
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanization
    67%
    63 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    2.0
    74 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    1.6%
    100 of 141
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    26%
    6 of 131
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. scientific articles / yr
    1.7K
    67 of 142
    NSF / World Bank
  16. high-tech exports %
    1%
    122 of 131
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  17. gini inequality
    30.0
    91 of 117
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  18. youth unemployment
    21%
    35 of 140
    ILO via World Bank
  19. adult literacy
    69%
    70 of 86
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  20. democracy (v-dem)
    0.51
    47 of 138
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  21. cpi (clean gov)
    34
    82 of 139
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  22. press freedom
    34.6
    64 of 139
    RSF via Our World in Data
  23. human development
    0.622
    103 of 140
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  24. refugees hosted
    20K
    75 of 138
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  25. refugees produced
    7.8K
    59 of 139
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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