Nepal Poverty Rate

Nepal poverty rate for 2022 was 52.60%, a 31.8% decline from 2010.
  • Nepal poverty rate for 2010 was 84.40%, a 7.3% decline from 2003.
  • Nepal poverty rate for 2003 was 91.70%, a 5.4% decline from 1995.
  • Nepal poverty rate for 1995 was 97.10%, a 1.9% decline from 1984.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Nepal Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1984 - 2022.