Nepal's GNI (annual % growth) was 4.04% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.85 percentage points from 5.89% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.04% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -2.68% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.89% | 2015 |
| Highest | 10.66% | 2017 |
| Lowest | -2.68% | 2020 |
| Average since 2016 | 4.65% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -0.79% | 2002 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Nepal's GNI (annual % growth) fell 1.37 percentage points on 2024 (from 5.41% to 4.04%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was +0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.59 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 6.99 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.09 percentage points in 2020. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Nepal had the 51st highest value of the 101 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 4.04% | 2025 |
| World | 2.51% | 2024 |
| South Asia | 7.3% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 6.39% | 2025 |
Closest to Nepal in the 2025 ranking
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 47th of 101: 4.28%
- Mauritius — 48th of 101: 4.16%
- Singapore — 49th of 101: 4.14%
- Serbia — 51st of 101: 4.03%
- North Macedonia — 52nd of 101: 4.02%
- Chile — 53rd of 101: 4%
What this measures
Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | GNI (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.04 |
| 2024 | 5.41 |
| 2023 | 1.67 |
| 2022 | 5.52 |
| 2021 | 4.31 |
| 2020 | -2.68 |
| 2019 | 5.41 |
| 2018 | 8.17 |
| 2017 | 10.66 |
| 2016 | 3.94 |
| 2015 | 5.89 |
GNI (annual % growth) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 4.63% (2025)
- Bhutan — 10.4% (2024)
- India — 7.65% (2025)
- Maldives — 10.37% (2024)
- Sri Lanka — 5.9% (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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nepal's GNI (annual % growth)?
- 4.04% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is up 4.83 percentage points from -0.79% in 2002. The highest value was 10.66% in 2017 and the lowest -2.68% in 2020.
- How does Nepal rank?
- 51st highest of 101 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GNI (annual % growth) unusual for Nepal?
- In 2025, Nepal's GNI (annual % growth) fell 1.37 percentage points on 2024 (from 5.41% to 4.04%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was +0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.59 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GNP.MKTP.KD.ZG, 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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