Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Nepal
Nepal: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Nepal, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Nepal stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.3% on the previous year and down 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Nepal peaked at 1.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2023.
That places Nepal 63rd out of 148 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 4 |
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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Nepal?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Nepal was 0.3% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2023.
- How does Nepal rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Nepal ranks 63rd out of 148 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI)