Bagmati Province leads national indicators across literacy, income, and poverty measures
Summary
Bagmati Province leads Nepal in literacy, economic growth, and income, with a lower poverty rate than the national average.
Key Points
- Bagmati Province has a literacy rate of 82.1 percent, higher than the national average of 76.2 percent.
- The province's economic growth is projected to be 5.40 percent, exceeding the national target of 3.85 percent.
- Bagmati Province's residents are expected to have a per capita income of 2,644 US dollars, the highest among all provinces.
- Poverty in Bagmati is lower at 12.59 percent compared to the national absolute poverty rate of 20.27 percent, with multidimensional poverty at 7 percent versus 17.4 percent nationally.
