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Economy
· Nepal
Current account balance (current US$)
Net balance of a country's transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income and secondary income (transfers), in current US dollars. A negative value is a deficit, financed by capital inflows, borrowing or reserve drawdown.
Unit
current US$
Latest
1,679,145,882 (2024)
Coverage
1990–2024
Sources
1 in this build
Data table
| Year | Nepal (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 1.854e+07 |
| 1977 | -1.576e+06 |
| 1978 | -2.574e+07 |
| 1979 | -1.138e+07 |
| 1980 | -3.885e+07 |
| 1981 | -1.911e+07 |
| 1982 | -8.541e+07 |
| 1983 | -1.456e+08 |
| 1984 | -9.517e+07 |
| 1985 | -1.216e+08 |
| 1986 | -1.192e+08 |
| 1987 | -1.233e+08 |
| 1988 | -2.715e+08 |
| 1989 | -2.433e+08 |
| 1990 | -2.892e+08 |
| 1991 | -3.044e+08 |
| 1992 | -1.813e+08 |
| 1993 | -2.225e+08 |
| 1994 | -3.519e+08 |
| 1995 | -3.564e+08 |
| 1996 | -3.266e+08 |
| 1997 | -3.881e+08 |
| 1998 | -6.719e+07 |
| 1999 | -7.868e+07 |
| 2000 | -1.306e+08 |
| 2001 | -1.647e+08 |
| 2002 | 2.152e+08 |
| 2003 | 1.803e+08 |
| 2004 | 9.996e+07 |
| 2005 | 1.531e+08 |
| 2006 | 1.501e+08 |
| 2007 | 5.659e+06 |
| 2008 | 7.333e+08 |
| 2009 | 2.141e+07 |
| 2010 | -1.276e+08 |
| 2011 | 2.886e+08 |
| 2012 | 5.775e+08 |
| 2013 | 1.159e+09 |
| 2014 | 4.962e+08 |
| 2015 | 2.447e+09 |
| 2016 | -1.678e+08 |
| 2017 | -1.033e+09 |
| 2018 | -2.749e+09 |
| 2019 | -1.754e+09 |
| 2020 | -8.414e+07 |
| 2021 | -5.363e+09 |
| 2022 | -2.375e+09 |
| 2023 | 1.006e+09 |
| 2024 | 1.679e+09 |
Per-source values, 2024
| Source | Dataset | Value | Year | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Monetary Fund | BOP:NETCD_T.CAB.USD | 1.679e+09 | 2024 | 2026-08-09 |
Caveats
IMF Balance of Payments (BOP) series; new to Groundfact, no second source to cross-check against yet. Nepal's current account has swung between deficit and surplus depending on remittance inflows, import demand, and (in 2020-21) pandemic-related import compression -- read alongside remittances_gdp_share and trade_gdp_share for what is driving a given year's balance.