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Reconciliation spotlight Two sources, two numbers

Unemployment, total (% of total labor force), NPL, 2008

1.38–10.6 % two sources differ by 9.22 percentage points

Why do these differ?

ILOSTAT's UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT is the direct labour force survey estimate (total, ages 15+), reported only in the years Nepal ran an NLFS round (1996, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2017); the World Bank's SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS is a smoothed modelled annual series. The two converge almost exactly in 2017 (verified live: 10.66% both) but ILOSTAT sits far below the Bank's figure before it (1.4-4.5%). That is a real break in Nepal's own survey methodology, not a data error: Nepal's LFS moved from an extended activity definition (which classified most subsistence/unpaid economic activity as employment, pushing measured unemployment very low) to the standard ICLS-19 definition around the 2017/18 NLFS III round.

Lower reading
1.38
ILOSTAT
ILOSTAT

ILOSTAT, International Labour Organization (CC BY 4.0)

Dataset
UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT_A
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CC-BY-4.0
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weekly (Sunday 22:00 Europe/Paris)
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10.6
World Bank
World Bank

World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0)

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WDI
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Under-five mortality

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deaths per 1,000 live births

27.1 2022

27.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022

Data table
Year Nepal (deaths per 1,000 live births)
1996 99.5
1997 94
1998 88.7
1999 83.6
2000 78.7
2001 74.3
2002 70.2
2003 66.5
2004 63.1
2005 60
2006 57.3
2007 54.7
2008 52.4
2009 50.1
2010 47.9
2011 45.8
2012 43.7
2013 41.7
2014 39.7
2015 37.8
2016 36
2017 34.2
2018 32.6
2019 31
2020 29.6
2021 28.3
2022 27.1
World Bank

World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0)

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WDI
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Adult literacy rate

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%

68.7 2019

68.7% of adults aged 15+ could read and write in 2019

Data table
Year Nepal (%)
1981 20.57
1991 32.98
2001 48.61
2008 55.56
2011 59.63
2016 65.5
2017 66.87
2019 68.71
World Bank

World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0)

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WDI
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Tertiary enrolment

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% (gross enrolment ratio)

21.3 2024

Gross tertiary enrolment reached 21.3% in 2024

Data table
Year Nepal (% (gross enrolment ratio))
1981 3.359
1982 3.322
1983 3.002
1984 3.371
1985 3.222
1986 4.535
1987 4.704
1988 5.255
1989 5.506
1990 4.943
1991 5.65
1992 5.172
1993 4.959
1994 4.647
1995 4.264
1996 4.73
2000 4.122
2001 4.41
2002 4.988
2003 4.911
2004 5.695
2005 7.154
2006 7.627
2007 9.504
2008 10.47
2009 10.45
2010 13.32
2011 13.29
2013 15.47
2014 13.24
2015 12.28
2016 11.09
2017 11.44
2018 12.61
2019 13.81
2020 14.2
2021 15.24
2022 14.84
2023 19.04
2024 21.29
UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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Primary pupil-teacher ratio

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pupils per trained teacher

23.6 2025

23.6 pupils per trained teacher in 2025

Data table
Year Nepal (pupils per trained teacher)
1999 260.3
2001 240.8
2002 271.6
2003 219.7
2004 206.1
2005 130.1
2007 65.22
2008 56.92
2010 43.33
2011 36.68
2012 29.75
2013 27.81
2014 25.58
2015 24
2016 21.85
2017 21.49
2019 20.29
2020 18
2021 17.66
2023 23.17
2024 22.78
2025 23.63
UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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Government education spending

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%

3.69 2024

Nepal spent 3.69% of GDP on education in 2024

Data table
Year Nepal (%)
1998 2.893
1999 2.893
2000 2.975
2001 3.708
2002 3.153
2003 3.114
2004 3.172
2005 3.365
2006 3.605
2007 3.517
2008 3.805
2009 4.664
2010 3.632
2011 3.843
2012 3.297
2013 3.018
2014 3.472
2015 3.259
2016 3.903
2017 4.767
2018 4.434
2019 3.892
2020 4.244
2021 4.428
2022 4.136
2023 3.956
2024 3.688
World Bank

World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0)

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WDI
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Rice production vs neighbours

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tonnes

5,955,500 2024

Nepal produced 5,955,500 tonnes of rice in 2024

Data table
Year Bangladesh (tonnes)India (tonnes)Nepal (tonnes)
2024 6.057e+072.179e+085.956e+06
FAOSTAT

FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0)

Dataset
QCL
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Maize production, year-on-year

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tonnes

+7.30 2024

Maize production changed +7.30% year-on-year in 2024

Data table
Year Nepal (tonnes)
2000 —
2001 4.895
2002 1.796
2003 3.864
2004 1.336
2005 7.921
2006 1.071
2007 4.93
2008 3.227
2009 2.769
2010 -3.91
2011 11.45
2012 5.412
2013 -8.278
2014 14.22
2015 -6.041
2016 4.019
2017 3.074
2018 12.9
2019 2.172
2020 6.876
2021 5.715
2022 3.625
2023 -4.182
2024 7.303
FAOSTAT

FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0)

Dataset
QCL
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