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Government debt in Nepal

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Nepal's government debt is 48.10 % — #50 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

48.10%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Nepal over time

53.00 %39.00 %25.00 %53.00 % · 200325.00 % · 20162000: 50.80 %2001: 50.80 %2002: 51.80 %2003: 53.00 %2004: 51.30 %2005: 45.10 %2006: 42.90 %2007: 37.90 %2008: 36.80 %2009: 39.50 %2010: 35.40 %2011: 32.40 %2012: 34.50 %2013: 31.90 %2014: 27.60 %2015: 25.70 %2016: 25.00 %2017: 25.00 %2018: 31.10 %2019: 34.00 %2020: 43.30 %2021: 43.30 %2022: 42.70 %2023: 47.00 %2024: 48.30 %2025: 48.10 %20002012202548.10 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#50 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
60 %
74 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.90 pp
peak 53.00 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 2.70 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #20 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −6.45 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Nepal: ahead of 60 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtNepal 48.10 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Nepal is ahead of 60 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Nepal
48 Malta46.80 %−1.30 pp
49 Latvia46.90 %−1.20 pp
50 Nepal48.10 %—
51 Madagascar48.70 %+0.60 pp
52 Ghana48.80 %+0.70 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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