HDI COUNTRY PROFILE NEPAL: BRIEFING NOTE FOR COUNTRIES ON THE 2018 STATISTICAL UPDATE

Nepal’s HDI value for 2017 is 0.574— which put the country in the medium human development category—positioning it at 149 out of 189 countries and territories. Between 1990 and 2017, Nepal’s HDI value increased from 0.378 to 0.574, an increase of 51.9 percent. Table A reviews Nepal’s progress in each of the HDI indicators. Between 1990 and 2017, Nepal’s life expectancy at birth increased by 16.3 years, mean years of schooling increased by 2.9 years and expected years of schooling increased by 4.7 years. Nepal’s GNI per capita increased by about 111.6 percent between 1990 and 2017.

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