Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Nepal
Nepal: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 10.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Nepal, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Nepal stood at 10.8%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Nepal peaked at 25.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 2025.
That places Nepal 117th out of 170 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.2% | — |
| 2001 | 21.7% | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 20.4% | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 21.3% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 21.6% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 22.3% | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 25.5% | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 21.1% | -17.1% |
| 2008 | 22.2% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 16.0% | -19.3% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 17.4% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 17.6% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 18.3% | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 17.0% | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 19.1% | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 17.1% | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 14.1% | -17.5% |
| 2019 | 12.1% | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 15.0% | +23.9% |
| 2021 | 14.4% | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 12.4% | -13.6% |
| 2023 | 13.1% | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 11.3% | -13.9% |
| 2025 | 10.8% | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.5% | 19.2% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 12.1% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.8% | 10.8% | 15.0% | 6 |
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More education data for Nepal
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 157,456 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Nepal?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Nepal was 10.8% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 2025.
- How does Nepal rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Nepal ranks 117th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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