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Nepal: Current account balance (% of GDP)

10.67percent · 2025+6.3% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Nepal from 1976 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202510.673
20243.868
20232.45
2022-5.767
2021-14.524
2020-0.252
2019-5.13
2018-8.301
2017-3.564
2016-0.684
201510.043
20142.183
20135.231
20122.661
20111.338
2010-0.797
20090.167
20085.845
20070.055
20061.66
20051.883
20041.374
20032.848
20023.556
2001-2.742
2000-2.378
1999-1.563
1998-1.384
1997-7.89
1996-7.223
1995-8.098
1994-8.653
1993-6.079
1992-5.331
1991-7.763
1990-7.972
1989-6.901
1988-7.785
1987-4.171
1986-4.182
1985-4.642
1984-3.687
1983-5.949
1982-3.566
1981-0.84
1980-1.996
1979-0.614
1978-1.605
1977-0.114
19761.276

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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