Lower middle income vs Nepal: Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP)
Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP) over time
- Lower middle income
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 28.2% against 21.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 7.2%.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.3 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 24th and Nepal ranks 27th of 47 groups.
Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.3% | -0.6% | 11.9% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 10.7% | 1.6% | 9.1% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 15.9% | 11.1% | 4.7% | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 16.9% | 11.0% | 5.8% | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 14.8% | 10.4% | 4.4% | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 18.3% | 7.5% | 10.8% | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 20.8% | 19.2% | 1.6% | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, etc., Lower middle income or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 28.2% against 21.0% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in claims on central government, etc. between Lower middle income and Nepal?
- 7.2%, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Nepal?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Nepal rank globally for claims on central government, etc.?
- Lower middle income ranks 24th and Nepal ranks 27th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. 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.