Portulans Institute

Nepal

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Central and Southern Asia
Population (Total) 29,651,054
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 5,184

Performance Overview

ISO3

NPL

Country

Nepal

Score

32.54

Rank

107

Input

113

Output

100

Enable

37.91

Attract

34.41

Grow

18.06

Retain

47.48

VT

39.47

GA

17.90

Pillar: Enable Score: 37.91Rank: 108
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Regulatory Landscape

39.74 98

1. Government effectiveness

31.95112

2. Rule of law

41.0192

3. Political stability

60.2675

4. Regulatory quality

31.49104

5. Corruption

34.0084

Market Landscape

36.12 105

1. Extent of market dominance

36.30105

2. Domestic credit to private sector

44.2522

3. Cluster development

37.83116

4. R&D expenditure

n/an/a

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

44.60114

6. Internet access in schools

45.2566

7. Urbanisation

8.49130

Business & Labour Landscape

37.87 112

1. Labour rights

60.5099

2. Labour-employer cooperation

47.06120

3. Professional management

43.29120

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

41.44106

5. Enterprise software

13.5274

6. Cloud computing

9.9791

7. Firms with website

49.3367
Pillar: Attract Score: 34.41Rank: 125
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External Openness

16.51 132

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

n/an/a

2. Financial globalisation

12.97130

3. Migrant stock

2.90103

4. International students

n/an/a

5. Brain gain

33.67106

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

52.31 114

1. Tolerance of minorities

9.57123

2. Tolerance of immigrants

84.6216

3. Social mobility

44.48121

4. Economic empowerment of women

80.6380

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

42.50102

6. Leadership opportunities for women

52.07119
Pillar: Grow Score: 18.06Rank: 124
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Formal Education

3.15 122

1. Vocational enrolment

1.90118

2. Tertiary enrolment

9.96103

3. Tertiary education expenditure

0.7697

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

19.32 128

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

13.4499

3. Employee development

44.51120

Access to Growth Opportunities

31.72 115

1. Delegation of authority

51.1292

2. Youth inclusion

22.77117

3. Use of virtual social networks

47.2195

4. Use of virtual professional networks

5.78108
Pillar: Retain Score: 47.48Rank: 88
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Sustainability

40.95 95

1. Pension coverage

76.9973

2. Social protection

28.10103

3. Brain retention

37.6794

4. Environmental performance

33.10123

5. Vulnerable employment

12.56125

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

89.603

7. Household Financial Resilience

8.60114

Lifestyle

54.02 81

1. Personal rights

61.2263

2. Personal safety

71.2057

3. Physician density

13.5191

4. Sanitation

77.5295

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

46.6887
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 39.47Rank: 100
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Mid-level Skills

29.48 89

1. Workforce with secondary education

41.3570

2. Population with secondary education

n/an/a

3. Technicians and associate professionals

17.6092

4. Labour productivity per employee

n/an/a

Employability

49.47 113

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

47.66104

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

42.9283

3. Skills matching

50.2088

4. Highly educated unemployment

57.10104
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 17.90Rank: 98
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High-level Skills

20.12 100

1. Workforce with tertiary education

11.84104

2. Soft Skills

47.2698

3. Professionals

15.4084

4. Researchers

n/an/a

5. Senior officials and managers

5.97109

6. Digital skills

n/an/a

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

15.68 88

1. ICT services exports

10.2076

2. Mobile apps development

68.7050

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

15.6666

4. High-value exports

0.91122

5. Software development

6.6069

6. New business density

5.6781

7. Scientific journal articles

2.0394

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