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NEPAL MAY 2021

Subregion: South Asia Income Group: Lower Middle Income Country (World Bank Classification) IDEA Country Dashboard: https://idea.usaid.gov/cd/nepal People Population (millions)1 29.7 (2021) 35.3 (2050) Urban2 21.0% (2021) 37.4% (2050) Rural13 79.0% (2021) 62.6% (2050) Age 0-1412 28.1% (2021) 16.0% (2050) Age 15-6412 66.0% (2021) 71.1% (2050) Age 65+12 5.9% (2021) 12.8% (2050) Population growth (annual)1 1.8% (2021) -0.0% (2050) Human Development Index4 Ranked 142/189 (Medium human development) Languages3 Nepali (official) 44.6%, Maithali 11.7%, Bhojpuri 6%, Tharu 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.2%, 3%, Magar 3%, 3%, 2.6%, Avadhi 1.9%, Limbu 1.3%, Gurung 1.2%, Baitadeli 1%, other 6.4%, unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)

Religions3 Hindu 81.3%, Buddhist 9%, Muslim 4.4%, Kirant 3.1%, Christian 1.4%, other 0.5%, unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.) Ethnic Composition3 Chhettri 16.6%, Brahman-Hill 12.2%, Magar 7.1%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.8%, Newar 5%, 4.8%, Muslim 4.4%, Yadav 4%, Rai 2.3%, Gurung 2%, Damai/Dholii 1.8%, 1.6%, Limbu 1.5%, Sarki 1.4%, Teli 1.4%, Chamar/Harijan/Ram 1.3%, Koiri/Kushwaha 1.2%, other 19% (2011 est.) Government Capital3 Kathmandu Government Type3 federal parliamentary republic Head of State3 President Bidhya Devi BHANDARI (since October 2015) Head of Government3 Prime Minister Khadga Prasad (KP) Sharma OLI (since 15 February 2018) Legislature3 bicameral Federal Parliament consists of: National Assembly and House of Representatives Females in parliament (%)5 32.7% (2020) Corruption Perception Index6 Ranked 117/198 (2020) Land area (sq km)5 143,350 (The size of Illinois) Official Development Assistance From all donors (US$, net)5 1,360,739,990 (2019) as % of income5 4.4% (2019) per capita (US$)5 47.6 (2019) From U.S. (US$, net disbursements)8 150,693,723 (2019)

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NEPAL MAY 2021 Economy GDP (US$ millions)5 30,641 (2019) GDP growth (annual %)5 7.0% (2019) 10 year average5 4.9% (2019) Merchandise exports (US$ millions)9 990 (2019) Merchandise imports (US$ millions)9 13,217 (2019) Percent of population living under $1.90/day5 15.0% (2010) Share of income held by the poorest 20%5 8.3% (2010) Share of income held by the richest 20%5 41.5% (2010) Youth unemployment (ages 15-24)5 4.6% (2019) Annual inflation10 6.2% (2020)

Education Completion rate, primary5 120.4% (2019) Female5 123.2% (2019) Male5 117.7% (2019) Pupil-trained teacher ratio, primary11 20.3 (2019) Pupil-trained teacher ratio, secondary11 33.9 (2019) Public education expenditure (% of GDP)11 5.1% (2018) Literacy rate (ages 15-24)5 92.4% (2018) Children out of school, primary5 103,384 (2019) Of which, female5 63.0% (2004) Of which, male5 37.0% (2004)

Health Prevalence of HIV (ages 15-49)12 0.1% (2018) Antiretroviral coverage (% of adults 15+)5 63.0% (2019) Incidence of TB (per 100,000 population)13 238 (2019) Deaths from malaria (total)14 1 (2017) Prevalence of stunting (% of children under 5)15 35.8% (2016) DPT3 immunization rate (children aged one)15 85.9% (2016) Fertility rate (children per woman)15 2.3 (2016) Modern contraceptive prevalence (%)16 42.8% (2017) Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)17 186 (2017) Births attended by a skilled health worker15 58.0% (2016) At least basic water source (% of population)18 88.8% (2017) Public health expenditure (% of GDP)19 1.5% (2018)

Sources: 1. United Nations, World Population Prospects; 2. United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects; 3. CIA, World Factbook; 4. United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Human Development Report; 5. World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI); 6. Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index; 7. Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Index of African Governance; 8. OECD, Creditor Reporting System (CRS++); 9. IMF, Direction of Trade Statistics; 10. IMF, World Economic Outlook Database; 11. UNESCO, Institute for Statistics (UIS) Database; 12. UNAIDS, Epidemiological Estimates (EPI) Database; 13. World Health Organization (WHO), Global Tuberculosis Database; 14. World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Statistics; 15. Demographic Health Surveys; 16. UN Population Division, World Contraceptive Use; 17. World Health Organization (WHO), Maternal Mortality; 18. WHO/UNICEF, Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene; 19. World Health Organization (WHO), Global Health Expenditure Database; 20. World Bank, Country and Lending Groups; 21. UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, Child Mortality Estimates