NXS-GRX-NPL · Southern Asia · Indices

Nepal: twenty domain indices

Fiscal, financial, external, climate, hazard, water, health, food, energy, infrastructure, cyber, governance, conflict, social, demographic, environment, frontier technology, coping capacity, economy and space weather.

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01Domains

Twenty domain indices

Index Value Change Change % 90% interval Class · probability Trend Range
Fiscal and public debt riskNXS-GRX-NPL · FIS – – – – –
Financial stability riskNXS-GRX-NPL · FIN – – – – –
External dependence riskNXS-GRX-NPL · ECO – – – – –
Climate physical hazardNXS-GRX-NPL · CLI – – – – –
Climate transition exposureNXS-GRX-NPL · CLI – – – – –
Multi-hazard exposureNXS-GRX-NPL · HAZ – – – – –
Environmental pressureNXS-GRX-NPL · ENV – – – – –
Water security riskNXS-GRX-NPL · WAT – – – – –
Space-weather exposureNXS-GRX-NPL · SPC – – – – –
Health security riskNXS-GRX-NPL · HLT – – – – –
Food insecurity riskNXS-GRX-NPL · FOO – – – – –
Socio-economic vulnerabilityNXS-GRX-NPL · SOC – – – – –
Displacement pressureNXS-GRX-NPL · DEM – – – – –
Conflict riskNXS-GRX-NPL · CON – – – – –
Governance weaknessNXS-GRX-NPL · GOV – – – – –
Energy security riskNXS-GRX-NPL · ENE – – – – –
Infrastructure fragilityNXS-GRX-NPL · INF – – – – –
Cyber riskNXS-GRX-NPL · CYB – – – – –
Technology concentration riskNXS-GRX-NPL · TEC – – – – –
Lack of coping capacityNXS-GRX-NPL · CRS – – – – –
02Areas

Profile areas for Nepal

Fourteen areas, one at a time: the latest open figures with their trend and where the country stands among others, the tools to run and download them, and every platform, standard and working group across the Nexus institutions that carries the area.

Open data for Nepal 638 observations from 51 World Bank series · CC BY 4.0 · source and licence on every rowChoose an area. Figures first; the sources, standards and ways to take part follow.

Area 01 · Partly admitted

Macroeconomy and external position

Output, prices, external balance and reserves, monetary conditions and labour, with intervals and the change since the last edition.

Run a scenario
GDP2025
US$ 45.5 billion36% since 2020

2010min US$ 16.0 billion · max US$ 45.5 billion2025
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
GDP per person2025
US$ 1,53633% since 2020

2010min US$ 585 · max US$ 1,5362025
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
GDP growth2025
4.4%6.8 pts since 2020

2010min -2.4% · max 9%2025
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Inflation, consumer prices2025
2.6%2.4 pts since 2020

2010min 2.6% · max 9.5%2025
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Current account balance2025
10.7%of GDP11 pts since 2020

2010min -14.5% · max 10.7%2025
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Reserves2025
15.5months of imports24% since 2020

2010min 6 · max 15.52025
FI.RES.TOTL.MO · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Unemployment2025
10.5%of labour force2.6 pts since 2020

2010min 10.4% · max 13%2025
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
4
Under legal review
4
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
1

14 indicators · 2 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Output, prices, external balance and reserves, monetary conditions and labour, with intervals and the change since the last edition. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
14 indicators and 2 composites: Gross domestic product, current US dollars; GDP per capita, PPP (ICP 2021); Real GDP growth; Volatility of real GDP growth (10-year); Consumer price inflation; Food price inflation; and 8 more.
Engines
Growth-at-Risk, macro VAR and local projections in the model registry. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, fao-faostat-cpi, wb-ids, ilo-ilostatunder legal review: imf-weo, imf-cpi, imf-bop, imf-irfclnot in the register: national-cpi
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 02 · Partly admitted

Fiscal position and public debt

Debt path fan charts, gross financing needs, debt service and fiscal stress, with the assumptions published.

Run a scenario
Government revenue2023
16.5%of GDP5.5 pts since 2018

2010min 13.1% · max 22.4%2023
GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Government expense2021
19.4%of GDP5.2 pts since 2016

2010min 12.7% · max 21.7%2021
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Central government debt2021
39.9%of GDP6.1 pts since 2010

2010min 31.8% · max 39.9%2021
GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
External debt2024
23.3%of GNI4.4 pts since 2019

2010min 16.5% · max 24%2024
DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
External debt service2024
12.4%of exports4.1 pts since 2019

2010min 7.2% · max 12.4%2024
DT.TDS.DECT.EX.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
7
Under legal review
13
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
8

37 indicators · 7 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Debt path fan charts, gross financing needs, debt service and fiscal stress, with the assumptions published. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
37 indicators and 7 composites: General government overall balance, share of GDP; General government primary balance, share of GDP; General government structural balance, share of potential GDP; Interest-rate-growth differential (r – g); General government revenue, current US dollars; General government revenue, share of GDP; and 31 more.
Engines
Debt fan chart on the SRDSF structure (not an IMF or World Bank DSA), fiscal stress. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, oecd-revenue-statistics, wb-qpsd, oecd-sovereign-borrowing, wb-ids, wb-ppi, wb-country-climate-development-reportsunder legal review: imf-weo, imf-gfs, imf-fiscal-monitor, imf-gdd, imf-dsa, imf-sovereign-investor-base, imf-wb-lic-dsf, imf-public-sector-balance-sheet and 5 morenot in the register: unu-wider-grd, eiti, national-dmo, jpm-embi:licensed, national-bond-yields, cds-vendor:licensed, national-soe-reports, national-fiscal-risk-statements
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 03 · Partly admitted

Financial system

Banking-system capital and liquidity, credit growth, asset prices and contagion on the dependency network.

Run a scenario
Non-performing loans2025
5.2%of loans3.5 pts since 2020

2016min 1.2% · max 5.2%2025
FB.AST.NPER.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Bank capital to assets2025
6%3.3 pts since 2020

2016min 6% · max 11.3%2025
FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
4
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
8

32 indicators · 7 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Banking-system capital and liquidity, credit growth, asset prices and contagion on the dependency network. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
32 indicators and 7 composites: Regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets; Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets; Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets; Capital to total assets (leverage); Non-performing loans net of provisions to capital; Non-performing loans to total gross loans; and 26 more.
Engines
VaR and expected shortfall, credit risk, DebtRank contagion. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, bis-credit, bis-credit-gap, wb-findex, bis-rpp, oecd-house-prices, wb-gfdd, oecd-insurance and 1 moreunder legal review: imf-fsi, imf-mfs, imf-ifs, imf-gddprohibited: emdatnot in the register: national-supervisor, national-central-bank, fsb-nbfi-monitoring, swiss-re-sigma:licensed, munich-re-natcat:licensed, eiopa-protection-gap, bcbs-climate-disclosure-2025, national-supervisor-credit-register
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 04 · Partly admitted

Trade, economic structure and supply chains

Trade openness and concentration, commodity dependence and supply-chain exposure by sector.

Run a scenario
Trade2025
42.5%of GDP1.6 pts since 2020

2010min 36.3% · max 49.3%2025
NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Exports2025
8.8%of GDP2 pts since 2020

2010min 5.1% · max 10.2%2025
NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Fuel exports2022
0%of merchandise exports0 pts since 2017

2010min 0% · max 0%2022
TX.VAL.FUEL.ZS.UN · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Foreign direct investment, net inflows2025
0.1%of GDP0.3 pts since 2020

2010min 0.1% · max 0.7%2025
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
8
Under legal review
6
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
5

18 indicators · 5 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Trade openness and concentration, commodity dependence and supply-chain exposure by sector. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
18 indicators and 5 composites: Trade openness (exports plus imports, share of GDP); International tourism receipts, share of exports; Personal remittances received, share of GDP; Net official development assistance received, share of GNI; Export product concentration (normalised HHI); Export market concentration (normalised HHI); and 12 more.
Engines
Leontief input–output, inoperability, supplier concentration. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, wb-knomad, oecd-dac, unctad-stat, un-comtrade, wb-changing-wealth-of-nations, oecd-tiva, unctad-fdiunder legal review: imf-bop, un-tourism, imf-dots, usgs-mineral-commodity-summaries, unctad-eora, imf-portwatchnot in the register: harvard-growth-lab-atlas:licence-check, oec-world:licence-check, iea-critical-minerals, adb-mrio, ais-vessel-tracking:licensed
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 05 · Partly admitted

Water

Water stress, drought, access and quality, coupled to food, energy and health in the water, energy, food, health and biodiversity nexus.

Run a scenario
Safely managed drinking water2024
16.5%of people2.8 pts since 2019

2010min 16.1% · max 29.8%2024
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Water stress2022
8.3%of available freshwater0 pts since 2017

2010min 8.3% · max 8.3%2022
ER.H2O.FWST.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Renewable internal freshwater per person2022
6,670 m³5.7% since 2017

2010min 6,670 m³ · max 7,249 m³2022
ER.H2O.INTR.PC · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
3
Under legal review
2
Prohibited
2
Not in the register
4

13 indicators · 5 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Water stress, drought, access and quality, coupled to food, energy and health in the water, energy, food, health and biodiversity nexus. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
13 indicators and 5 composites: Level of water stress; Baseline water stress score (sub-basin); Total renewable freshwater resources per capita; Groundwater storage decline; Water-use efficiency; Population using safely managed drinking water; and 7 more.
Engines
Baseline water stress, SPI drought, water balance, shallow-water flooding. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: fao-aquastat, wb-wdi, nasa-grace-founder legal review: un-sdg-database, wri-aqueduct-4prohibited: who-unicef-jmp, who-un-habitat-wastewaternot in the register: igrac-ggis, national-groundwater-monitoring, unep-gems-water, unece-unesco-sdg652
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 06 · Partly admitted

Energy

Supply security, import dependence, grid reliability, transition exposure and access.

Run a scenario
Access to electricity2024
97.9%of people8 pts since 2019

2010min 67.3% · max 97.9%2024
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Renewable energy2021
73.7%of final consumption5.7 pts since 2016

2010min 73.1% · max 87.3%2021
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Energy imports, net2024
27.9%of energy use1 pts since 2019

2010min 13.8% · max 29.2%2024
EG.IMP.CONS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Across the Nexus

Energy Nexus · GCRI Data and Compute

Source standing

Admitted
7
Under legal review
5
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
18

23 indicators · 6 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Supply security, import dependence, grid reliability, transition exposure and access. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
23 indicators and 6 composites: Population with access to electricity; Population relying primarily on clean cooking fuels and technologies; Electricity consumption per capita; Renewable share of total final energy consumption; Primary energy intensity of GDP; Electricity generation-mix concentration; and 17 more.
Engines
DC power flow and N-1 screening; an energy-security kernel is still to be built. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, wb-icp, wri-global-power-plant-database, un-comtrade, eurostat-emergency-oil-stocks, wb-enterprise-surveys, wb-b-readyunder legal review: un-energy-statistics-database, imf-bop, us-eia-861, copernicus-era5, usgs-mineral-commodity-summariesprohibited: who-household-energy-databasenot in the register: iea-sdg7-tracking, national-household-surveys, iea-world-energy-balances, irena-renewable-energy-statistics, iea-electricity-information, ember-global-electricity-review, irena-renewable-capacity-statistics, iea-oil-information and 10 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 07 · Partly admitted

Food systems

Availability, access, prices and nutrition, and the drivers from water, energy, trade and conflict.

Run a scenario
Undernourishment2024
5.2%of people0.5 pts since 2019

2010min 4.4% · max 10.8%2024
SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Cereal yield2024
3,521kg per hectare13% since 2019

2010min 2,408 · max 3,5212024
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Stunting, under 52022
24.8%of children11 pts since 2016

2010min 24.8% · max 41.5%2022
SH.STA.STNT.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Agriculture, value added2025
21.6%of GDP0.6 pts since 2020

2010min 20.9% · max 33.2%2025
NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
14
Under legal review
4
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
2

23 indicators · 6 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Availability, access, prices and nutrition, and the drivers from water, energy, trade and conflict. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
23 indicators and 6 composites: Prevalence of undernourishment; Number of people undernourished; Average dietary energy supply adequacy; Per capita food supply variability; Cereal import dependency ratio; Moderate or severe food insecurity (FIES); and 17 more.
Engines
Food energy gap, price anomaly, threshold evidence. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: fao-faostat-fs, fao-sofi, wb-wdi, fao-fies, wb-food-prices-for-nutrition, fao-giews-fpma, fao-faostat-cpi, ilo-ilostat and 6 moreunder legal review: ipc-API, ipc-famine-review-committee, un-national-accounts, noaa-star-vhpnot in the register: cadre-harmonise, fsin-grfc
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 08 · Partly admitted

Health security

Health-system capacity, outbreak preparedness, disease burden and the health effects of other systems.

Run a scenario
Life expectancy2024
70.6 years1.9% since 2019

2010min 66.8 years · max 70.6 years2024
SP.DYN.LE00.IN · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Under-5 mortality2024
25.1per 1,000 births19% since 2019

2010min 25.1 · max 47.92024
SH.DYN.MORT · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Health spending2023
6.2%of GDP1.6 pts since 2018

2010min 4.4% · max 6.5%2023
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Physicians2023
1.01per 1,000 people35% since 2018

2012min 0.51 · max 1.012023
SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
4
Under legal review
2
Prohibited
15
Not in the register
8

31 indicators · 6 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Health-system capacity, outbreak preparedness, disease burden and the health effects of other systems. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
31 indicators and 6 composites: Under-five mortality rate; Neonatal mortality rate; Maternal mortality ratio; Life expectancy at birth; Premature mortality from major non-communicable diseases; Tuberculosis incidence; and 25 more.
Engines
SEIR, Rt estimation, outbreak detection. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, un-wpp, oecd-health, wb-hnp-statsunder legal review: un-igme, un-mmeigprohibited: who-gho, who-ghe, who-global-tb-programme, who-world-malaria-report, who-nhwa, who-wb-financial-protection, who-ghed, who-unicef-wuenic and 7 morenot in the register: unaids, household-surveys, unicef-who-joint-database, map-accessibility-to-healthcare, openstreetmap, africa-cdc-epidemic-intelligence, unicef-who-wb-jme, smart-surveys
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 09 · Partly admitted

Environment and biodiversity

Ecosystem condition, biodiversity pressure, land and ocean change and nature dependence of the economy.

Run a scenario
Forest area2024
43.6%of land0.6 pts since 2019

2010min 42.4% · max 43.6%2024
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Protected areas2025
23.6%of territory0 pts since 2020

2013min 17.2% · max 23.6%2025
ER.PTD.TOTL.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
PM2.5 air pollution2023
53.2 µg/m³11% since 2018

2010min 49.9 µg/m³ · max 59.5 µg/m³2023
EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
5
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
22

22 indicators · 6 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Ecosystem condition, biodiversity pressure, land and ocean change and nature dependence of the economy. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
22 indicators and 6 composites: PM2.5 exposure, population-weighted mean; Population exposed above the WHO PM2.5 guideline, share; Seasonal peak ozone exposure; Land area; Forest area, share of land area; Annual tree cover loss rate; and 16 more.
Engines
Nature pressure-overlap screening. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, jrc-ghsl-ghs-pop, fao-faostat-land-use, geoboundaries, fao-fra, fao-fisheries-sofia, wb-what-a-waste, oecd-global-plastics-outlook and 1 moreunder legal review: copernicus-cams, un-sdg-database, copernicus-marine, noaa-oisst, un-habitat-waste-wise-citiesprohibited: who-ambient-air-quality-databasenot in the register: acag-satellite-pm25, state-of-global-air, toar, gfw-umd-tree-cover-loss, unccd-prais, trends-earth, openstreetmap, grip-global-roads and 14 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 10 · Partly admitted

Climate: physical and transition

Chronic and acute physical risk under scenarios, and transition exposure of the economy and the public balance sheet.

Run a scenario
CO₂ emissions per person2024
0.5 t CO₂e15% since 2019

2010min 0.2 t CO₂e · max 0.6 t CO₂e2024
EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Greenhouse gas emissions2024
41.5 Mt CO₂e11% since 2019

2010min 34.5 Mt CO₂e · max 50.8 Mt CO₂e2024
EN.GHG.ALL.MT.CE.AR5 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
People below 5 m elevation2015
0%of people

2015min 0% · max 0%2015
EN.POP.EL5M.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
10
Under legal review
7
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
24

31 indicators · 8 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Chronic and acute physical risk under scenarios, and transition exposure of the economy and the public balance sheet. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
31 indicators and 8 composites: Surface warming since pre-industrial; Change in annual precipitation; Relative sea-level rise rate; Hottest day of the year (TXx); Share of warm days (TX90p); Change in very hot days (35 °C or more); and 25 more.
Engines
Return-period shift, bias correction, ensembles, sea level, climate-adjusted default risk. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: fao-faostat-temperature-change, wb-cckp, jrc-ghsl-ghs-pop, wb-wdi, wb-changing-wealth-of-nations, un-comtrade, oecd-fossil-fuel-support, ngfs-scenarios and 2 moreunder legal review: copernicus-era5, noaa-globaltemp, copernicus-sea-level, nasa-sea-level-change, nasa-sea-level-projection-tool, imf-fossil-fuel-subsidies, wb-wginot in the register: berkeley-earth, gpcc, cru-ts, psmsl, hadex3, national-met-services, gpcc-full-data-daily, entity-disclosures and 16 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 11 · Partly admitted

Conflict, governance and security

Violence and its spillovers, institutional quality, rule of law and state capacity.

Run a scenario
Intentional homicides2020
2.1per 100,000 people0.9% since 2015

2010min 1.9 · max 32020
VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
4
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
14

39 indicators · 10 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Violence and its spillovers, institutional quality, rule of law and state capacity. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
39 indicators and 10 composites: Reported fatalities from organised political violence; Conflict fatalities per 100,000 population; Battle-related deaths (UCDP); Political violence events; Armed conflict events; Geographic diffusion of conflict; and 33 more.
Engines
Conflict kernels in the model registry. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: ucdp-ged, ucdp-battle-related-deaths, wb-wdi, oecd-states-of-fragility, wb-fcs-list, wb-cpia, wb-enterprise-surveys, wb-spi and 1 moreunder legal review: acled, wb-wgi, imf-isora, unsd-census-programmeprohibited: who-surveillance-system-attacks-health-carenot in the register: ghsl-pop, unodc-homicide, sipri-milex, iiss-military-balance, insecurity-insight, landmine-monitor, unmas, iep-global-peace-index and 6 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 12 · Partly admitted

Frontier technology and innovation

Frontier technology risk and capacity side by side: AI, compute, semiconductors, quantum, space, biotech, cyber resilience and digital infrastructure, with the innovation index below.

Run a scenario
Research and development spending2010
0.3%of GDP

2010min 0.3% · max 0.3%2010
GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
High-technology exports2022
0.6%of manufactured exports0.6 pts since 2017

2010min 0.1% · max 2.5%2022
TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Internet users2024
46.3%of people13 pts since 2019

2010min 7.9% · max 46.3%2024
IT.NET.USER.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Fixed broadband subscriptions2024
10.1per 100 people177% since 2019

2010min 0.2 · max 10.72024
IT.NET.BBND.P2 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Patent applications, residents2017
20400% since 2012

2011min 4 · max 202017
IP.PAT.RESD · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Scientific and technical articles2023
1,591114% since 2018

2010min 365 · max 1,6472023
IP.JRN.ARTC.SC · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
5
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
26

27 indicators · 10 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Frontier technology risk and capacity side by side: AI, compute, semiconductors, quantum, space, biotech, cyber resilience and digital infrastructure, with the innovation index below. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
27 indicators and 10 composites: Severe geomagnetic storm days per year; Geoelectric field amplitude at 100-year return period; Strong solar radiation storm days per year; GDP in GNSS-dependent activities, share; Critical services relying on satellites without backup, share; High-voltage grid in high geoelectric hazard zones, share; and 21 more.
Engines
Technology series XT-01 to XT-20; the innovation index is planned. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: first-member-directory, unctad-global-cyberlaw-tracker, oecd-stan, unctad-digital-economy, un-desa-egovernment-survey, oecd-msti, wb-wdi, un-comtrade and 1 moreunder legal review: noaa-swpc, usgs-geoelectric-hazard, osm-power-grid, eu-nis2-incident-reporting, un-national-accounts-main-aggregatesprohibited: who-jee-reportsnot in the register: gfz-kp-index, bgs-geoelectric-models, nexus-gic-model, goes-energetic-particles, nexus-gnss-dependence-model, national-accounts-value-added, euspa-market-report, nexus-expert-assessment and 18 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 13 · Partly admitted

Coping capacity and disaster finance

Preparedness, response and recovery capacity, risk financing and social protection.

Run a scenario
Social protection coverage2010
5.3%of people

2010min 5.3% · max 5.3%2010
per_si_allsi.cov_pop_tot · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
1
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
18

18 indicators · 5 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Preparedness, response and recovery capacity, risk financing and social protection. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
18 indicators and 5 composites: National DRR strategy aligned with the Sendai Framework; Local governments with DRR strategies aligned to the national strategy; Multi-hazard early warning system score; Multi-hazard monitoring and forecasting systems; People covered by early warning information; Local governments with a plan to act on early warnings; and 12 more.
Engines
Capability readiness ladder; disaster-finance readiness dossier. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wmo-early-warnings-for-all-dashboard, wmo-observing-systems-capability-analysis, wb-gfdrr-drfip-country-profiles, wb-projects-database, wb-treasury-cat-bond-issuances, oecd-global-insurance-statistics, worldpop, oecd-crs-drr-marker and 1 moreunder legal review: undrr-sendai-framework-monitorprohibited: emdatnot in the register: mcr2030-resilience-roadmap, itu-cell-broadcast-deployments, national-civil-protection-reports, national-finance-ministry-publications, arc-annual-reports, ccrif-spc-annual-reports, pcric-annual-reports, seadrif-annual-reports and 10 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 14 · Partly admitted

Society, demography and mobility

Human development, inequality, ageing, urbanisation and displacement.

Run a scenario
Population2025
29.6 million2.2% since 2020

2010min 27.3 million · max 29.7 million2025
SP.POP.TOTL · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Urban population2025
67%of people0.9 pts since 2020

2010min 62% · max 67%2025
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Poverty at $3.00 a day2022
2.4%of people20 pts since 2010

2010min 2.4% · max 22.1%2022
SI.POV.DDAY · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Gini index2022
30index 0–1002.8 pts since 2010

2010min 30 · max 32.82022
SI.POV.GINI · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
People aged 65 and over2025
6.6%of people0.5 pts since 2020

2010min 4.7% · max 6.6%2025
SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
11
Under legal review
1
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
12

46 indicators · 11 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Human development, inequality, ageing, urbanisation and displacement. For Nepal, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
46 indicators and 11 composites: Extreme poverty headcount, USD 3.00 a day (2021 PPP); Poverty headcount, USD 4.20 a day (2021 PPP); Poverty headcount, USD 8.30 a day (2021 PPP); Poverty headcount at the national poverty line; Multidimensional poverty headcount (global MPI); Gini index; and 40 more.
Engines
Social and demographic composites (Indicator Standard). Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-pip, wb-wdi, wb-learning-poverty, ilo-ilostat, ilo-world-social-protection-database, wb-aspire, un-wpp, worldpop and 3 moreunder legal review: un-habitat-urban-indicatorsnot in the register: national-statistical-offices, undp-ophi-global-mpi, undp-hdr, unesco-uis, barro-lee, ipu-parline, unicef-mics, national-census and 4 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

03Innovation

The innovation index (planned)

Capacity, not only risk: research, patents, talent, compute, digital infrastructure and capital for Nepal. These indicators are not in Indicator Standard yet; each needs its source admitted before it appears.

R&D expenditure, share of GDP
unesco-uis · not in the register
Researchers per million people
unesco-uis · not in the register
Patent applications by residents
wipo · not in the register
High-technology exports, share of manufactured exports
un-comtrade · admitted
Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions
itu · not in the register
Data-centre and compute capacity
national-registers · not in the register
Venture capital investment, share of GDP
oecd · admitted
AI adoption in firms and government
oecd · admitted
STEM graduates, share of graduates
unesco-uis · not in the register
E-government development
un · under legal review
Scientific publications and citations
openalex · under legal review
Critical-minerals processing capacity
national-registers · not in the register


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