Nepal at a glance

POVERTY and SOCIAL Nepal 2009 Population, mid-year (millions) GNI per capita (Atlas method, US$) GNI (Atlas method, US$ billions) Average annual growth, 2003-09 Population (%) Labor force (%) Most recent estimate (latest year available, 2003-09) Poverty (% of population below national poverty line) Urban population (% of total population) Life expectancy at birth (years) Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) Child malnutrition (% of children under 5) Access to an improved water source (% of population) Literacy (% of population age 15+) Gross primary enrollment (% of school-age population) Male Female KEY ECONOMIC RATIOS and LONG-TERM TRENDS 1989 GDP (US$ billions) Gross capital formation/GDP Exports of goods and services/GDP Gross domestic savings/GDP Gross national savings/GDP Current account balance/GDP Interest payments/GDP Total debt/GDP Total debt service/exports Present value of debt/GDP Present value of debt/exports 1989-99 (average annual growth) GDP GDP per capita Exports of goods and services 4.9 2.4 .. 3.5 21.5 11.1 10.3 13.5 -7.6 0.8 38.5 16.1 .. .. 1999-09 3.7 1.6 0.5 1999 5.0 20.5 22.8 13.6 27.2 4.3 0.6 60.0 6.8 .. .. 2008 5.3 3.4 -3.4 2008 12.6 31.8 12.1 11.2 29.5 2.9 0.3 29.2 4.1 .. .. 2009 4.7 2.8 38.4 2009 12.5 29.7 15.7 8.0 28.9 4.3 0.3 29.4 3.8 21.8 59.2 2009-13 .. .. ..
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South Asia 1,568 1,082 1,697

Lowincome 846 512 433

Development diamond*

29.3 440 13.0

Life expectancy

1.9 3.1

1.5 2.2

2.2 2.6

GNI per capita

Gross primary enrollment

31 18 67 39 39 88 58 .. .. ..

.. 30 64 55 41 87 61 108 110 105

.. 29 57 76 28 64 66 104 107 100

Access to improved water source

Nepal

Low-income group

Economic ratios*

Trade

Domestic savings

Capital

Indebtedness

Low-income group

STRUCTURE of the ECONOMY 1989 (% of GDP) Agriculture Industry Manufacturing Services Household final consumption expenditure General gov't final consumption expenditure Imports of goods and services 50.4 16.5 5.7 33.1 79.7 10.0 22.3 1989-99 (average annual growth) Agriculture Industry Manufacturing Services Household final consumption expenditure General gov't final consumption expenditure Gross capital formation Imports of goods and services 2.4 7.5 10.2 6.3 .. .. .. .. 1999 41.3 21.8 9.5 36.9 77.5 8.9 29.7 1999-09 3.3 3.0 1.2 4.1 3.6 6.4 6.8 4.6 2008 33.7 16.7 7.4 49.6 78.8 10.0 32.7 2008 4.7 1.9 0.2 7.1 3.3 6.8 20.4 7.5 2009 33.8 15.9 7.0 50.2 80.9 11.1 37.4 2009 2.2 1.8 -0.5 5.9 5.5 19.3 -3.1 20.2
Growth of capital and GDP (%)
30 20 10 0 -10 04 05 06 07 08 09

GCF

GDP

Growth of exports and imports (%)

50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 04 05 06 07 08 09

Exports

Imports

Note: 2009 data are preliminary estimates. This table was produced from the Development Economics LDB database. * The diamonds show four key indicators in the country (in bold) compared with its income-group average. If data are missing, the diamond will be incomplete.

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PRICES and GOVERNMENT FINANCE 1989 Domestic prices (% change) Consumer prices Implicit GDP deflator Government finance (% of GDP, includes current grants) Current revenue Current budget balance Overall surplus/deficit TRADE 1989 (US$ millions) Total exports (fob) Food Pulses Manufactures Total imports (cif) Food Fuel and energy Capital goods Export price index (2000=100) Import price index (2000=100) Terms of trade (2000=100) BALANCE of PAYMENTS 1989 (US$ millions) Exports of goods and services Imports of goods and services Resource balance Net income Net current transfers Current account balance Financing items (net) Changes in net reserves Memo: Reserves including gold (US$ millions) Conversion rate (DEC, local/US$) EXTERNAL DEBT and RESOURCE FLOWS 1989 (US$ millions) Total debt outstanding and disbursed IBRD IDA Total debt service IBRD IDA Composition of net resource flows Official grants Official creditors Private creditors Foreign direct investment (net inflows) Portfolio equity (net inflows) World Bank program Commitments Disbursements Principal repayments Net flows Interest payments Net transfers 1,356 0 572 62 0 6 170 221 -9 0 0 193 110 2 108 4 104 1999 3,020 0 1,147 108 0 22 148 111 -13 4 0 85 48 14 34 8 25 2008 3,685 0 1,507 162 0 50 710 -23 -1 1 0 17 31 39 -8 12 -20 2009 3,683 0 1,483 177 0 51 763 -13 -1 38 0 156 7 41 -33 11 -44
Composition of 2009 debt (US$ mill.)

1999

2008

2009

Inflation (%)
15

8.3 11.3

11.4 8.9

7.7 6.7

13.2 12.1

10 5 0

8.7 -2.0 -11.5

11.5 2.1 -3.9

15.8 3.9 -2.8

24.3 7.6 -4.3

04

05

06

07

08

09

GDP deflator

CPI

1999 763 55 53 199 1,390 112 219 266 .. .. ..

2008 913 202 32 613 3,414 244 413 370 .. .. ..

2009 576 165 6 357 2,290 158 253 408 .. .. ..

Export and import levels (US$ mill.)

4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

163 .. .. .. 636 73 44 190 .. .. ..

Exports

Imports

1999 1,107 1,584 -477 25 671 218 -63 -155 797 68.0

2008 1,603 4,234 -2,631 122 2,812 364 92 -456 2,143 64.9

2009 1,597 4,456 -2,859 153 3,245 539 -48 -491 2,221 76.6

Current account balance to GDP (%)

5 4 3

384 748 -363 -13 107 -269 260 9 218 25.3

2 1 0 -1 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

F: 4 E: 349

G: 44

B: 1,483

D: 1,727 C: 76

A - IBRD B - IDA C - IMF

D - Other multilateral

E - Bilateral F - Private G - Short-term

Note: This table was produced from the Development Economics LDB database.

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