Last updated: 12/11/2021 Nepal Region: South AsiaCapital: KathmanduCurrency: NPR Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Lower middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 1.83% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.60 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Age dependency ratio (%): 52.99% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 29 136 808 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 33.66 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 1 155.14 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 1 Policy document 0 Programmes Social assistance 9 Social insurance 0 Labour market 3 Other Content publications 148 databases 40 webinars 6 blog posts 25 multimedia 8 news 28 Social Protection Programmes Karnali Employment Programme, KEP Nepal - सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालय, MOFALD (Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration), United Kingdom - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO Scholarships Nepal - शिक्षा, विज्ञान तथा प्रविधि मन्त्रालय, MOE (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) Endangered Indigenous Peoples Allowance or Endangered Ethnicity Grant Nepal - सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालय, MOFALD (Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration), World Bank Group Single Women's Allowance, SWA Nepal - सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालय, MOFALD (Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration), World Bank Group Karnali Employment Programme, KEP Aama Programme (Safe Motherhood Programme) Nepal - स्वास्थ्य सेवा विभाग, DoHS (Department of Health Services ) Legal and Policy Frameworks Nepal: The Social Security Act, 2075 2018 Asia, Nepal