USD
Nepal
Nepal's price level is 24 % of US prices, ranked 6th of 125. And its GDP per capita is $1,536, ranked 118th of 127.
Of 10 fields published for Nepal, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
24 % of US prices
Money's value
21.90 %
100 saved in Nepal in 2000 buys what 22 buys today — 78 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$490 PPP/mo
The law in Nepal sets the floor at about $490 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
2.65 %
At 2.6 % a year, prices double in about 27 years if it holds.
Currency
0.00 %
ranked 12th of 71
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
India
avg gap 21.7 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: currency — 0.00 % (Nepal) vs -7.46 %
Papua New Guinea
avg gap 21.9 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 10.46 % (Nepal) vs 2.57 %
Guyana
avg gap 23 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP/capita — $1,536 (Nepal) vs $32,414
Libya
avg gap 24.1 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 47.40 % (Nepal) vs 153.80 %
| Minimum wage | $490 PPP/mo | ranked 60th of 90 | |
| Government debt | 47.40 % | ranked 50th of 125 |
✓ 10 fields published for Nepal, every one dated and sourced · 25 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Nepal: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, public holidays.
Sources for all 10 figures
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-10-23
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 739 → 728 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 48.1 → 47.4 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 613 → 739 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 39.9222686422289 → 48.1 |