Nepal
National power in Nepal
National power in Nepal: 0.14% of world capability in 1920 and 0.18% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 0.18% of world capability
- Since 1920
- +0.04 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 66 of 195
- counting from the highest
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- The highest was 0.19% of world capability in 2021, the lowest 0.07% of world capability in 1968.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Nepal |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.18 |
| 2021 | 0.19 |
| 2020 | 0.18 |
| 2019 | 0.18 |
| 2018 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 0.17 |
| 2015 | 0.17 |
| 2014 | 0.17 |
| 2013 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 0.16 |
| 2011 | 0.16 |
| 2010 | 0.16 |
| 2009 | 0.14 |
| 2008 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 0.14 |
| 2006 | 0.14 |
| 2005 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 0.14 |
| 2003 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 0.13 |
| 2001 | 0.13 |
| 2000 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 0.11 |
| 1997 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | 0.11 |
| 1994 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | 0.1 |
| 1992 | 0.1 |
| 1991 | 0.1 |
| 1990 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 0.09 |
| 1987 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 0.1 |
| 1952 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 0.1 |
| 1944 | 0.1 |
| 1943 | 0.1 |
| 1942 | 0.1 |
| 1941 | 0.1 |
| 1940 | 0.1 |
| 1939 | 0.12 |
| 1938 | 0.13 |
| 1937 | 0.13 |
| 1936 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 0.14 |
| 1932 | 0.15 |
| 1931 | 0.15 |
| 1930 | 0.15 |
| 1929 | 0.15 |
| 1928 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 0.15 |
| 1921 | 0.14 |
| 1920 | 0.14 |
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$429M in 2025
- Military spending per person$14 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel112,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workers1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2025