Exports as a share of GDP in Nepal: 8.8% in 2025, ranking 173rd of 176 countries. In 2010 it was 9.6%.
Data last updated · Period: 2010–2025
Understanding the chart
The line chart above tracks exports as a share of GDP in Nepal for each year from 2010 to 2025, 16 data points in all. Each dot is one year; the first and last years and the highest point are labelled with their values, and the vertical scale is in % of gdp. All values in this period were above zero. The data table below the chart lists every value, and you can download the data, embed the chart or share it from the buttons above. The figures cover 2010–2025 and come from World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).
Key insights
- Between 2010 and 2025, Nepal's exports fell from 9.6% to 8.8%, a fall of 0.8 percentage points.
- The highest value in this period was 10.2% in 2015; the lowest was 5.1% in 2021.
- Recently, the figure has risen in each of the last two years (2024: 7.6%; 2025: 8.8%).
- That is 20.7 percentage points below the world figure of 29.5%.
- Nepal has the 173rd-highest value of 176 countries with recent data.
- In Southern Asia, Nepal has the 9th-highest value of 9 countries with recent data; the highest is Maldives (78.2%), and the typical (median) value is 19.0%.
Analysis
Averaged over periods, the figure was 9.1% in 2010 to 2014, 8.4% in 2015 to 2019 and 7.0% in 2020 onwards. The value went up in 9 of the 15 year-to-year steps and down in 6. The biggest one-year rise came in 2022 (+1.6 percentage points). The biggest one-year fall came in 2016 (−2.0 percentage points). Year to year, the figure typically varied by about 1.4 percentage points around its average of 8.1%, a moderately variable pattern.
Nepal and its neighbours
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) among 9 countries in Southern Asia with recent data, ranked from highest to lowest.
| Rank in region | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Iran | 25.8% | 2025 |
| 4 | India | 22.3% | 2025 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 19.0% | 2025 |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 15.7% | 2024 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 11.1% | 2025 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 10.0% | 2025 |
| 9 | Nepal | 8.8% | 2025 |
Nepal on related measures
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP): 33.7% (2025, 113th-highest of 176 countries)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (US$): $56.9 million (2024, 161st-highest of 198 countries)
- Personal remittances received (US$): $11.3 billion (2024, 20th-highest of 176 countries)
- GDP per person (current US$): $1,536 (2025, 177th-highest of 204 countries)
- GDP growth (annual %): 4.4% (2025, 62nd-highest of 204 countries)
Global position: Nepal's figure is higher than 2% of the 176 countries with data for this measure.
What it means
For businesses and investors, the figure is most useful alongside related measures for the same country, such as growth, inflation, population and incomes, and compared with similar countries. Compared with its neighbours in Southern Asia, where the typical value is 19.0%, Nepal is 10.1 percentage points lower.
About this statistic
The value of goods and services sold to other countries, as a share of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
For the full definition, caveats and every country ranked, see Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) by country, 2025.
Questions and answers
What is the exports as a share of GDP in Nepal?
8.8% (Exports, 2025 · 173rd of 176). Exports as a share of GDP in Nepal: 8.8% in 2025, ranking 173rd of 176 countries. In 2010 it was 9.6%.
How has exports in Nepal changed since 2010?
Between 2010 and 2025, Nepal's exports fell from 9.6% to 8.8%, a fall of 0.8 percentage points. The highest value in this period was 10.2% in 2015; the lowest was 5.1% in 2021.
How this page was made
Generated by Advanton from World Bank, World Development Indicators (2010–2025), data updated 8 November 2026: chart, ranks, comparisons and text are computed from the published figures; no figures are changed. About the data.
Data
| Year | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.6% |
| 2011 | 7.8% |
| 2012 | 8.8% |
| 2013 | 9.3% |
| 2014 | 10.1% |
| 2015 | 10.2% |
| 2016 | 8.2% |
| 2017 | 7.8% |
| 2018 | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 7.8% |
| 2020 | 6.8% |
| 2021 | 5.1% |
| 2022 | 6.7% |
| 2023 | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 7.6% |
| 2025 | 8.8% |
Source and notes
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Period: 2010–2025. Coverage: Nepal.
The value of goods and services sold to other countries, as a share of GDP. Shows how open and outward-facing the economy is, and how exposed it is to demand abroad.
Cite this statistic
Please also credit the original source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).Related statistics
- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) by country, 2025
- Exports as a share of GDP in Afghanistan, 2020–2024
- Exports as a share of GDP in Bangladesh, 2010–2025
- Exports as a share of GDP in Bhutan, 2010–2024
- Exports as a share of GDP in India, 2010–2025
- GDP of Nepal, 2010–2025
- Economic growth (GDP growth) in Nepal, 2010–2025
- GDP per person in Nepal, 2010–2025
- GDP per person, adjusted for prices (PPP, international $) in Nepal, 2010–2024
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