Nepal's imports of goods and services (current LCU) was 2.09 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 136.67% from 883.44 billion in 2015 (9% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.09 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 1.33 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 883.44 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 2.1 trillion | 2022 |
| Lowest | 446 million | 1967 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.59 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 780 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Nepal's imports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 11.3% on 2024 (from 1.88 trillion to 2.09 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +12.7% and a typical year strayed about 12.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 64% in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 26.3% in 1967. 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 122.17 billion a year. A straight line explains 83% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Nepal had the 57th highest value of the 137 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 — 53rd of 137: 2.2 trillion
- Equatorial Guinea — 54th of 137: 2.12 trillion
- Iceland — 55th of 137: 2.1 trillion
- Chad — 57th of 137: 2.09 trillion
- Norway — 58th of 137: 1.86 trillion
- Poland — 59th of 137: 1.83 trillion
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. 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 61 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,090,868,005,333 |
| 2024 | 1,878,745,355,055 |
| 2023 | 1,855,058,400,000 |
| 2022 | 2,103,641,231,800 |
| 2021 | 1,651,123,973,400 |
| 2020 | 1,326,575,866,400 |
| 2019 | 1,600,282,620,600 |
| 2018 | 1,404,212,534,700 |
| 2017 | 1,133,319,304,000 |
| 2016 | 885,111,073,400 |
Imports of goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 9.28 trillion (2025)
- Bhutan — 134.03 billion (2024)
- India — 82.93 trillion (2025)
- Maldives — 85.05 billion (2024)
- Sri Lanka — 7.48 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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nepal's imports of goods and services (current LCU)?
- 2.09 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 267,960% from 780 million in 1965 (14.06% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.1 trillion in 2022 and the lowest 446 million in 1967.
- How does Nepal rank?
- 57th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Nepal?
- In 2025, Nepal's imports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 11.3% on 2024 (from 1.88 trillion to 2.09 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +12.7% and a typical year strayed about 12.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 NE.IMP.GNFS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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