Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Nepal
Nepal: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3002 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Nepal, 1984–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 0.3002 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Nepal peaked at 0.4377 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.3002, in 2022.
Nepal ranks 94th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3006 | 0.3006 | 0.3006 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3521 | 0.3521 | 0.3521 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4377 | 0.4377 | 0.4377 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.3284 | 0.3284 | 0.3284 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.3002 | 0.3002 | 0.3002 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More poverty & inequality data for Nepal
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,344 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.7% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.487 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 6.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1263 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1263 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1385 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3191 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Nepal?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Nepal was 0.3002 in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4377 in 2003.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3002 in 2022.
- How does Nepal rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Nepal ranks 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.