Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nepal
Nepal: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 90.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nepal, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nepal is 90.3%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nepal peaked at 90.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 66.3%, in 2009.
That places Nepal 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 66.3% | — |
| 2010 | 70.7% | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 75.4% | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 78.2% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 83.0% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 84.1% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 86.0% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 87.1% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 87.7% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 89.1% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 90.3% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 66.3% | 66.3% | 66.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 83.2% | 70.7% | 90.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More private sector data for Nepal
- Merchandise trade 36.7% (2025)
- Food imports 18.0% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 52.5% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 14.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.4% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 47.5% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 78.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0508 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 75.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nepal?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Nepal was 90.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 90.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.3% in 2009.
- How does Nepal rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Nepal ranks 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.