Nepal: Grants and other revenue (% of revenue)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.14 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.97 percentage points in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 23% of the movement over 9 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 2023, Nepal had the 12th highest value of the 17 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 2023 ranking

• Kenya — 9th of 17: 21.31%
• Botswana — 10th of 17: 20.3%
• Ghana — 11th of 17: 19.11%
• Cambodia — 13th of 17: 17.52%
• Iceland — 14th of 17: 17.24%
• Sri Lanka — 15th of 17: 10.33%

What this measures

Grants are transfers receivable by government units, from other resident or nonresident government units or international organizations, that do not meet the definition of a tax, subsidy, or social contribution. Other revenue is all revenue receivable excluding taxes, social contributions, and grants. This category of revenue includes property income, sales of goods and services, and miscellaneous other types of revenue. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.

Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 33 values

Grants and other revenue (% of revenue) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 20.43% (2021)
• Bhutan — 58.7% (2020)
• India — 26.02% (2022)
• Maldives — 27.37% (2021)
• Sri Lanka — 10.33% (2023)

More public sector data for Nepal

• Military expenditure (current USD) — 428.29 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 59.7 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.97% (2025)
• Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 161.95 billion (2023)
• Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) — 887.36 billion (2023)
• Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) — 16.53% (2023)
• Taxes on exports (current LCU) — 350.12 million (2023)
• Taxes on exports (% of tax revenue) — 0.05% (2023)
• Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) — 345.78 billion (2023)
• Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) — 37.98% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Nepal's grants and other revenue (% of revenue)?

17.79% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 13.71 percentage points from 31.5% in 1990. The highest value was 35.39% in 1993 and the lowest 14.5% in 2019.

How does Nepal rank?

12th highest of 17 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.REV.GOTR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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