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.