Key information about Nepal Consumer Price Index CPI growth

• Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth was measured at 4.2 % YoY in Feb 2025, compared with a rate of 5.4 % in the previous month.
• Nepal Consumer Price Index growth data is updated monthly, available from Jul 1964 to Feb 2025, with an averaged number of 7.9 % YoY.
• The data reached an all-time high of 30.4 % YoY in May 1966 and a record low of -11.5 % YoY in May 1967.

CEIC extends history for Consumer Price Index Growth. Nepal Rastra Bank provides Consumer Price Growth with base 2023-2024=100. Consumer Price Index Growth prior to August 2021 is calculated from Consumer Price Index with base 2014-2015=100. Consumer Price Index Growth prior to August 2013 is calculated from Consumer Price Index with base 2005-2006=100 and prior to August 1974 is from Consumer Price Index sourced from the International Monetary Fund. The Nepalese calendar begins approximately on 16th of the previous month and ends on 15th of the reference month.

Consumer Price Index CPI in Nepal decreased to 103.20 points in February from 103.80 points in January of 2025. This dataset provides - Nepal Consumer Price Index Cpi- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Tobacco Products data was reported at 0.410 % in 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.410 % for 2017. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Tobacco Products data is updated yearly, averaging 0.850 % from Jul 2006 (Median) to 2018, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.850 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.410 % in 2018. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Tobacco Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I0012: Consumer Price Index: Weights: Annual.

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Nepal NP: Consumer Price Index data was reported at 171.138 2010=100 in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 165.784 2010=100 for 2016. Nepal NP: Consumer Price Index data is updated yearly, averaging 25.445 2010=100 from Dec 1964 (Median) to 2017, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 171.138 2010=100 in 2017 and a record low of 2.969 2010=100 in 1964. Nepal NP: Consumer Price Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.IMF.IFS: Consumer & Producer Price Index: Annual.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): data was reported at 103.156 2023-2024=100 in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 103.776 2023-2024=100 for Jan 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): data is updated monthly, averaging 99.101 2023-2024=100 from Feb 2022 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 105.203 2023-2024=100 in Nov 2024 and a record low of 92.225 2023-2024=100 in Aug 2022. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I002: Consumer Price Index: 2023-2024=100.

Nepal NP: Consumer Price Index (CPI): % Change data was reported at 3.229 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.790 % for 2016. Nepal NP: Consumer Price Index (CPI): % Change data is updated yearly, averaging 8.364 % from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2017, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.806 % in 1974 and a record low of -3.113 % in 1976. Nepal NP: Consumer Price Index (CPI): % Change data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.IMF.IFS: Consumer & Producer Price Index: Annual.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Ghee & Oil data was reported at 2.950 % in 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.950 % for 2017. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Ghee & Oil data is updated yearly, averaging 2.700 % from Jul 2006 (Median) to 2018, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.950 % in 2018 and a record low of 2.700 % in 2015. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Ghee & Oil data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I0012: Consumer Price Index: Weights: Annual.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: Weights: data was reported at 100.000 % in Feb 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 % for Jan 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: Weights: data is updated monthly, averaging 100.000 % from Aug 2023 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 % in Feb 2025 and a record low of 100.000 % in Feb 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: Weights: data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I007: Consumer Price Index: 2023-2024=100: Urban: Weights.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Hard Drinks data was reported at 0.680 % in 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.680 % for 2017. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Hard Drinks data is updated yearly, averaging 1.720 % from Jul 2006 (Median) to 2018, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.720 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.680 % in 2018. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Annual: Weights: FB: Hard Drinks data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I0012: Consumer Price Index: Weights: Annual.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Terai: Food & Beverages (FB) data was reported at 100.826 2023-2024=100 in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 103.489 2023-2024=100 for Jan 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Terai: Food & Beverages (FB) data is updated monthly, averaging 101.743 2023-2024=100 from Feb 2023 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 109.730 2023-2024=100 in Nov 2024 and a record low of 96.078 2023-2024=100 in Feb 2024. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Terai: Food & Beverages (FB) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I011: Consumer Price Index: 2023-2024=100: Terai.

In 2019, the average inflation rate in Nepal was at 4.64 percent, a slight drop compared to the previous year. The inflation rate is calculated using the price increase of a defined product basket. This product basket contains products and services on which the average consumer spends money throughout the year. They include expenses for groceries, clothes, rent, power, telecommunications, recreational activities, and raw materials (e.g. gas, oil), as well as federal fees and taxes.

Political and economic turmoil

The Nepalese economy is heavily influenced by the country’s political situation. It has made only slow progress in connecting with the global economy and improving the standard of living for its inhabitants but is now finally picking up speed. Nepal’s economy is not stable yet: Inflation is decreasing but all over the place – usually a sure sign of a struggling economy – and GDP growth is also not steady and forecast to decrease again in the future. Additionally, Nepal’s trade deficit seems to be in free fall.

Move to the city

A quarter of Nepal’s, mostly rural, population is living below the poverty line, but Nepal is working on improving their outlook in the future. Today, agriculture contributes about a third to the country’s GDP, and a sizeable share of commodity exports consists of agricultural products – but already the lion’s share of Nepal’s GDP is generated by the services sector, like tourism and textiles. By shifting GDP generation to services, and consequently creating jobs in the cities and attracting more people to urban areas, Nepal might finally be able to stabilize its economy and provide better living standards for its inhabitants.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Vegetables data was reported at 5.520 % in Oct 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 5.520 % for Sep 2018. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Vegetables data is updated monthly, averaging 5.650 % from Aug 2008 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 123 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.650 % in Jul 2015 and a record low of 5.520 % in Oct 2018. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Vegetables data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I0011: Consumer Price Index: Weights.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: GC: Other data was reported at 218.600 1995-1996=100 in Aug 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 216.500 1995-1996=100 for Jul 2010. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: GC: Other data is updated monthly, averaging 175.850 1995-1996=100 from Sep 2004 (Median) to Aug 2010, with 72 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 218.600 1995-1996=100 in Aug 2010 and a record low of 139.700 1995-1996=100 in Oct 2004. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: GC: Other data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I0019: Consumer Price Index: 1995-96=100.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): :Rural: Weights FB: (NB) Education data was reported at 2.164 % in Feb 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.164 % for Jan 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): :Rural: Weights FB: (NB) Education data is updated monthly, averaging 2.164 % from Aug 2023 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.164 % in Feb 2025 and a record low of 2.164 % in Feb 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): :Rural: Weights FB: (NB) Education data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I009: Consumer Price Index: 2023-2024=100: Rural: Weights.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Sugar & Sweets data was reported at 1.740 % in Oct 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.740 % for Sep 2018. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Sugar & Sweets data is updated monthly, averaging 1.360 % from Aug 2008 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 123 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.740 % in Oct 2018 and a record low of 1.360 % in Jul 2015. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Sugar & Sweets data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I0011: Consumer Price Index: Weights.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: FB: Spices data was reported at 96.868 2023-2024=100 in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 98.452 2023-2024=100 for Jan 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: FB: Spices data is updated monthly, averaging 100.199 2023-2024=100 from Feb 2023 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 101.705 2023-2024=100 in Sep 2023 and a record low of 96.868 2023-2024=100 in Feb 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: FB: Spices data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I006: Consumer Price Index: 2023-2024=100: Urban.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Terai data was reported at 102.722 2023-2024=100 in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 103.619 2023-2024=100 for Jan 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Terai data is updated monthly, averaging 101.434 2023-2024=100 from Feb 2023 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 105.633 2023-2024=100 in Nov 2024 and a record low of 98.122 2023-2024=100 in Jan 2024. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Terai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I011: Consumer Price Index: 2023-2024=100: Terai.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: (NB) Insurance and Financial Services data was reported at 0.929 % in Feb 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.929 % for Jan 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: (NB) Insurance and Financial Services data is updated monthly, averaging 0.929 % from Aug 2022 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.929 % in Feb 2025 and a record low of 0.929 % in Feb 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: (NB) Insurance and Financial Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I004: Consumer Price Index: 2023-2024=100: Weights.

Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: (NB) Recreation and Culture data was reported at 1.523 % in Feb 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.523 % for Jan 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: (NB) Recreation and Culture data is updated monthly, averaging 1.523 % from Aug 2022 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.523 % in Feb 2025 and a record low of 1.523 % in Feb 2025. Nepal Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: (NB) Recreation and Culture data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.I004: Consumer Price Index: 2023-2024=100: Weights.