Nepal's Public Debt Reaches 47.13% of GDP by End of Falgun, Data Shows

Summary

Nepal's total public debt reached NPR 2.878 trillion, accounting for 47.13% of GDP by the end of Falgun, with foreign debt making up 53.16% of the total.

Key Points
  • Nepal's total public debt liability increased from NPR 2.674 trillion to NPR 2.878 trillion by the end of Falgun.
  • The debt-to-GDP ratio stands at 47.13 percent as of the end of Falgun.
  • Foreign debt constitutes 53.16 percent, and domestic debt 46.84 percent of the total public debt.
  • NPR 242.26 billion has been paid as debt service expenditure by the end of Falgun, which is 58.94 percent of the annual budget allocation.
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