The States
of Nepal

Primary Party

• President

  Name

  Ramchandra Paudel https://president.gov.np/?lang=en

  Date of Appointment

  13-Mar-23 https://apnews.com/article/nepal-president-poudel-sworn-ceremony-7a04b61601d3272efd2b18e5de05467d

• Prime Minister

  Name

  Hon. Pushpa Kamal Dahal https://www.opmcm.gov.np/en/prime-minister/

  Party

  Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) https://www.opmcm.gov.np/en/prime-minister/

  Seat Share

  32 https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/parliamentary-parties

• Leader of Opposition

  Name

  Hon. KP Sharma Oli https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/members#

  Party

  Communist Party of Nepal (UML) https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/members#

  Number of Seats

  79 https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/parliamentary-parties

• House of Representatives

  Voter Turnout, Per Cent (2022)

  61.35 https://www.idea.int/data-tools/country-view/229/40

  General Seats

  162 https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/parliamentary-parties

  Proportional Seats

  109 https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/parliamentary-parties

  Number of Female Parliamentarians

  9 (General), 81 (Proportional) https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/parliamentary-parties

  Vacant

  4 https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/parliamentary-parties

• Demography

  Sex Ratio, Males per 100 Females

  95.59 https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results

  Largest Religion

  Hinduism https://mofa.gov.np/about-nepal/nepal-profile/

  Largest Minority Religion

  Buddhism https://mofa.gov.np/about-nepal/nepal-profile/

  Top 3 Languages

  Nepali, Maithili, Bhojpuri https://mofa.gov.np/about-nepal/nepal-profile/

  Urban Population Share, Per Cent

  66.17 https://cbs.gov.np/

  Population Density, Per Square Kilometre

  198 https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/population

• Economy

  GDP at Current Market Prices, in Percentage

  4.01 https://cbs.gov.np/national-accounts-of-nepal-2020-21/

  Inflation Rate (Annual - 2021)

  4.10 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG?locations=NP

  Unemployment Rate (2021)

  12.20 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?locations=NP

  Labour Force (2021)

  8,412,242 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.TOTL.IN?locations=NP

  Labour Force Participation Rate, Per Cent (2021)

  40.00 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS?locations=NP

• Agriculture

  Most Cultivated Crop

  Rice https://actascientific.com/ASAG/pdf/ASAG-03-0351.pdf

  Total Farm Area, in Percentage

  28.7 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.AGRI.ZS?locations=NP

• Policy

  Life Expectancy (Women), Years (2020)

  71 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN?locations=NP

  Life Expectancy (Men), Years (2020)

  67 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN?locations=NP

  Literacy Rate, Per Cent

  71 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?locations=NP

  Headcount Poverty Incidence, Per Cent (2010)

  25.2 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=NP

  Mean Temperature Rise, Celsius

  N/A

  Total Recorded Crimes (2006)

  4134 https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Nepal.pdf

  Birth Registration, Per Cent (2019)

  77 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.REG.BRTH.ZS?locations=NP

  Child Labour, Per Cent (2021)

  15.3 https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-kathmandu/documents/publication/wcms_784225.pdf

• Health

  Completely Immunised Children 12-23 Months, Per Cent (2021)

  81 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.IMM.IDPT

  Prevalence of Stunting, Per Cent (2019)

  31.5 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.STNT.ZS?locations=NP

  Prevalence of Underweight, Per Cent

  N/A

  Infant Mortality Rate Per 1,000 Births (2021)

  23 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN?locations=NP

  Household Food Security (Per Cent)

  N/A

• Gender

  Maternal Mortality Rate Per 100,000 Births (2017)

  186 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?locations=NP

  Percentage of Women Married Before Age 15 years (2019)

  8 https://www.unicef.org/nepal/media/16206/file/Nepal%20MICS%20Statistical%20Snapshot%20-%20%20Child%20Marriage.pdf

  Median Age of First Marriage (Women)

  17 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17156587/#:~:text=Median%20age%20at%20marriage%20was,to%20intermediate%20or%20higher%20level.

  Polygyny

  N/A

  Total Fertility Rate (2020)

  2.1 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=NP

  Percentage of Women using Contraception (2016)

  43 https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FA119/FA119.pdf