Nepal's final consumption expenditure (current LCU) was 5.77 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 157.84% from 2.24 trillion in 2015 (9.93% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.77 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.67 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.24 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 5.77 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 14.91 billion | 1975 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.99 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 14.91 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Nepal's final consumption expenditure (current LCU) rose 7.4% on 2024 (from 5.38 trillion to 5.77 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +12.2% and a typical year strayed about 6.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 37.1% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.6% in 1977. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 381.47 billion a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 6.67 trillion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 492.56 billion, against 726.82 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Nepal had the 55th highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Nepal in the 2025 ranking
- Dominican Republic — 51st of 132: 6.28 trillion
- Congo, Rep. — 52nd of 132: 6.28 trillion
- Gabon — 53rd of 132: 6.12 trillion
- Czechia — 55th of 132: 5.77 trillion
- Sweden — 56th of 132: 4.76 trillion
- Haiti — 57th of 132: 4.22 trillion
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 51 values
| Year | Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,772,705,956,474 |
| 2024 | 5,375,072,098,745 |
| 2023 | 4,979,429,382,000 |
| 2022 | 4,648,915,466,600 |
| 2021 | 4,075,168,867,300 |
| 2020 | 3,666,294,788,100 |
| 2019 | 3,268,382,566,000 |
| 2018 | 2,944,758,676,100 |
| 2017 | 2,677,585,186,000 |
| 2016 | 2,513,171,958,200 |
Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 43.03 trillion (2025)
- Bhutan — 206.57 billion (2024)
- India — 232.99 trillion (2025)
- Maldives — 75.26 billion (2024)
- Sri Lanka — 24.31 trillion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Nepal
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$21.1 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$19.98 billion (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$) — US$24.73 billion (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU) — 3.37 trillion (2025)
- Services, value added (% of GDP) — 54.37% (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (current US$) — US$40.02 billion (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (current LCU) — 5.45 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$45.49 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 6.2 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$36.54 billion (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Nepal's final consumption expenditure (current LCU)?
- 5.77 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 38,620% from 14.91 billion in 1975 (12.66% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5.77 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 14.91 billion in 1975.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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