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Debt statistics provide a detailed picture of debt stocks and flows of developing countries. Data presented as part of the Quarterly External Debt Statistics takes a closer look at the external debt of high-income countries and emerging markets to enable a more complete understanding of global financial flows. The Quarterly Public Sector Debt database provides further data on public sector valuation methods, debt instruments, and clearly defined tiers of debt for central, state and local government, as well as extra-budgetary agencies and funds. Data are gathered from national statistical organizations and central banks as well as by various major multilateral institutions and World Bank staff.

Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments data was reported at 1.000 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.632 % for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments data is updated yearly, averaging 1.184 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.451 % in 1995 and a record low of 0.421 % in 1973. Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

The ratio of national debt to gross domestic product (GDP) in Nepal was forecast to decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 1.3 percentage points. This overall decrease does not happen continuously, notably not in 2026. According to this forecast, in 2029, the ratio will have decreased for the third consecutive year to 48.44 percent. Depicted here is the general government gross debt in relation to the country's GDP. According to the International Monetary Fund, gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. The GDP, on the other hand, refers to the total value of final goods and services produced during a year.Find more key insights for the ratio of national debt to gross domestic product (GDP) in countries like Bhutan, Bangladesh, and India.

Nepal NP: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Official Creditors: Multilateral data was reported at 163.928 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 208.023 USD mn for 2015. Nepal NP: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Official Creditors: Multilateral data is updated yearly, averaging 55.170 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 208.023 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of -47.122 USD mn in 2010. Nepal NP: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Official Creditors: Multilateral data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Public and publicly guaranteed multilateral loans include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments data was reported at 34.768 Year in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 36.747 Year for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments data is updated yearly, averaging 37.279 Year from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 48.679 Year in 1974 and a record low of 24.628 Year in 2006. Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Maturity is the number of years to original maturity date, which is the sum of grace and repayment periods. Grace period for principal is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. The repayment period is the period from the first to last repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the maturity for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Nepal NP: External Debt: DIS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Nepal NP: External Debt: DIS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.760 USD mn in 1988 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: DIS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Public and publicly guaranteed other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Disbursements are drawings by the borrower on loan commitments during the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: NFL: PPG: Private Creditors: Bonds data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Nepal NP: External Debt: NFL: PPG: Private Creditors: Bonds data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. Nepal NP: External Debt: NFL: PPG: Private Creditors: Bonds data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Public and publicly guaranteed debt from bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Total data was reported at 433.690 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 263.893 USD mn for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 79.134 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 433.690 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of -40.369 USD mn in 2009. Nepal NP: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Net flows on external debt are disbursements on long-term external debt and IMF purchases minus principal repayments on long-term external debt and IMF repurchases up to 1984. Beginning in 1985 this line includes the change in stock of short-term debt (including interest arrears for long-term debt). Thus, if the change in stock is positive, a disbursement is assumed to have taken place; if negative, a repayment is assumed to have taken place. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Nonguaranteed long-term commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: PPG: Official Creditors data was reported at 47.964 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 35.334 USD mn for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: PPG: Official Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 20.943 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.964 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of 0.101 USD mn in 1971. Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: PPG: Official Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Public and publicly guaranteed debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: DOD: Stocks: Long-Term data was reported at 3.706 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.596 USD bn for 2015. Nepal NP: External Debt: DOD: Stocks: Long-Term data is updated yearly, averaging 1.933 USD bn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.904 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of 3.801 USD mn in 1970. Nepal NP: External Debt: DOD: Stocks: Long-Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments: Private data was reported at 0.000 % in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments: Private data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.538 % in 1984 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2017. Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments: Private data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Long-Term data was reported at 51.910 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 35.343 USD mn for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Long-Term data is updated yearly, averaging 26.111 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.910 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of 0.101 USD mn in 1971. Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Long-Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: NTR: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Nepal NP: External Debt: NTR: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. Nepal NP: External Debt: NTR: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Public and publicly guaranteed debt outstanding from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is nonconcessional. Nonconcessional debt excludes loans with an original grant element of 25 percent or more. Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data was reported at 74.686 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 82.984 USD mn for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 82.984 USD mn in 2016 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2013. Nepal NP: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Nonguaranteed long-term commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions. Private nonguaranteed long-term debt outstanding and disbursed is an external obligation of a private debtor that is not guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments: Private data was reported at 0.000 Year in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Year for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments: Private data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 Year from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.000 Year in 2007 and a record low of 0.000 Year in 2017. Nepal NP: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments: Private data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Grace period is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the grace periods for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors data was reported at 0.202 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.414 USD mn for 2015. Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 0.604 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25.250 USD mn in 1989 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1981. Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Public and publicly guaranteed debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral data was reported at 33.724 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 31.345 USD mn for 2015. Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral data is updated yearly, averaging 16.683 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.566 USD mn in 2012 and a record low of 0.349 USD mn in 1971. Nepal NP: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Bilateral debt includes loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: PPG: International Development Association (IDA) data was reported at 13.427 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.734 USD mn for 2016. Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: PPG: International Development Association (IDA) data is updated yearly, averaging 6.269 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.427 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1972. Nepal NP: External Debt: INT: PPG: International Development Association (IDA) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Public and publicly guaranteed debt outstanding from the International Development Association (IDA) is concessional. Concessional debt is defined as loans with an original grant element of 25 percent or more. The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Nepal NP: Total Reserves: % of Total External Debt data was reported at 205.456 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 196.805 % for 2015. Nepal NP: Total Reserves: % of Total External Debt data is updated yearly, averaging 52.381 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2016, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,116.707 % in 1971 and a record low of 17.880 % in 1985. Nepal NP: Total Reserves: % of Total External Debt data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank.WDI: Foreign Reserves. International reserves to total external debt stocks.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;