Central government expense in Nepal

Central government expense in Nepal was equal to 19.4% of GDP in 2021.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2004 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2021 19.4% % of GDP
Change from 2020 −0.7percentage points 2020: 20.2%
World, 2021 31.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 93rd of 125 See the full ranking

Central government expense in Nepal over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period NepalWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 19.4% 31.7%
2020 20.2% 33.4%
2019 21.7% 26.7%
2018 20.2% 26.1%
2017 16.9% 26.3%
2016 14.2% 26.6%
2015 14.0% 26.8%
2014 13.6% 26.8%
2013 12.7% 27.1%
2012 13.8% 27.4%
2011 13.9% 27.5%
2010 15.6% 28.4%
2009 – 28.4%
2008 – 25.9%
2007 – 24.8%
2006 – 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 14.6% 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 20.2% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 13.9%, the figure has changed by +5.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 125 countries with data for 2021, Nepal has the 93rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 31.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 to 2021 for Nepal
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics