Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Nepal
Nepal: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 99.6% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Nepal, 1984–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Nepal is 99.6%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Nepal peaked at 100.0% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 2022.
Nepal ranks 28th of 119 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 100.0% | — |
| 1995 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.7% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 99.9% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 99.6% | -0.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 99.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.6%, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 99.6% is above the median for South Asia, which is 99.6%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More poverty & inequality data for Nepal
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 3.91 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 17.67 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.7% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Nepal?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Nepal was 99.6% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1984.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 2022.
- How does Nepal rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Nepal ranks 28th out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.