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NEPAL AT A GLANCE

Area:
Border :

147181 sq km
East, West & South
North

- India
- PRC

Elevation:
8848 meter Mt. Everest (Highest in the World)

A member of WTO & SAARC

Largest trade partner - India
Largest contributor to GDP is Service sector (52%)
Followed by agriculture sector (35%)
Total GDP is about 20 billion US$ (2013)
Per capita income - 742 US$
Annual Inflation is 8.6 % (2011)
Poverty and inequality are in existence

Population: 26.40 million (2011 census)

Language: More than123 different languages are
being spoken
Nepali Language is spoken by 47% as a mother
tongue
Ethnic and cultural diversity:
126 different types of cast, creeds and faiths are
being followed
Religion: Hindu and Buddhist consists 90% of the
population
The Birth Place of Lord Buddha Lumbini

Agriculture - 35%
Industry - 13%
Service - 52%
GDP growth (2013/13) 5%
Total GDP - 20 billion USD (2013)
Remittance flow 25% of GDP

(fiscal year 2013/14)

Total Grants
- 73 billion Rs
Total Loan
- 50 billion Rs
Percent of Foreign support in Budget: 22%
Budget deficit % of GDP
less than
5%(2013)
Total outstanding debt/ GDP: 32.7%
Total outstanding foreign loan/ GDP: 19.0%

(Rs in Billion Rs.)

Total volume of trade - 460.

Total Export
- 64.
Total Import
- 396.
Trade deficit
- (-)332.
Share of Trade with India
Trade deficit with India

67%
33%

(1 us$ = 97 Nepalese Rupees)

Nepal has labor agreements with 3 nations

Nine MOU is in process
About 4 million Nepalese are in abroad as a
migrant worker
Everyday at least 1500 Nepalese leave the
boarder for labor
Largest number of migrant are in Malaysia

Remittance
Poverty reduction
Skill Development
Balance of Payment situation Favourable
Costs
Economic- training, preparation, travel,
consumerism and import dependency, etc.
Social: Diseases, Disabilities, separation, suicide,

Ministry of Labor and Employment

Department of Foreign Employment
Foreign Employment Board
Foreign Employment Tribunal
Labor Desk at International Airport
Labor attach unit in Embassies abroad
A labor Bank is proposed

Fair recruitment
Ensure labor right as human right
Promote rescue
Manage illegal migration
Acquire remittance from formal channel
Send skilled migrant worker
Cooperation and coordination between source
and destination
Ratification and implementation of internationl
treaties and convention on migrant labor