Nepal Current Account Balance: % of GDP

Key information about Nepal Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• Nepal Current Account surplus accounted for 6.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Jul 2025, compared with a 3.9 % surplus in the previous year.
• Nepal Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Jul 2001 to Jul 2025, with an average value of 2.9 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 6.7 % in Jul 2025 and a record low of -12.5 % in Jul 2022.

*This indicator will be no longer available from March 2026, 4th onwards. CEIC has a plan to remove the non-standard frequency indicator after the standard frequency indicator has been added and be available on this table. CEIC calculates Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP from annual Current Account Balance and annual Nominal GDP. Nepal Rastra Bank provides Current Account Balance in local currency based on BPM6. The Central Bureau of Statistics provides Nominal GDP in local currency, at producer prices, based on SNA 2008. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP is in annual frequency, generally ending on July 15th of each year. Current Accout Balance as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2019 is calculated from Current Account Balance based on BPM5. Current Accout Balance as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2011 is calculated from Nominal GDP, based on SNA 1993.


Key information about Nepal Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Nepal, Current Account recorded a surplus of 1.3 USD bn in Jan 2026.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 9.1 USD mn in Jan 2026.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 44.8 USD bn in Jul 2025.

View Nepal's Current Account Balance: % of GDP from 2001 to 2025 in the chart:

What was Nepal's Current Account Balance: % of GDP in 2025?

Nepal Current Account surplus accounted for 6.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Jul 2025, compared with a 3.9 % surplus in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
6.7 2025	3.9 2024	-12.5 2022	6.7 2025	%	yearly	2001 - 2025

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