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218 III. Country Profiles<br />

NEPAL<br />

Key Scores and Trends<br />

Rank<br />

Score<br />

2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change<br />

Overall 123/140 131/140 8 24/100 21/100 3<br />

Depth 131/140 135/140 4 6/50 4/50 2<br />

Breadth 86/140 90/140 4 18/50 17/50 1<br />

Trade Pillar 131/140 137/140 6 24/100 20/100 4<br />

NPL<br />

Capital Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

Information Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

People Pillar 72/109 72/109 0 44/100 44/100 0<br />

<strong>Connectedness</strong> Score Trend<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

2009<br />

2010<br />

2011<br />

2012<br />

2013<br />

Rooted Map<br />

Rooted Map:<br />

Nepal’s Nepal’s Merchandise Merchandise Exports, Exports, 2013 2013<br />

Top Export Destinations<br />

2<br />

9<br />

1. India (56%)<br />

2. U.S.A. (10%)<br />

3. China (5%)<br />

4. Germany (4%)<br />

5. Bangladesh (4%)<br />

6<br />

7<br />

4<br />

10<br />

6. U.K. (3%)<br />

7. France (2%)<br />

8. Japan (2%)<br />

9. Canada (2%)<br />

10. Turkey (1%)<br />

NEPAL<br />

Nepal’s Share of Partners’ Imports<br />

0.1% 0.05% 0.01% 0.005% 0.002% 0.001% unknown<br />

1<br />

5<br />

3<br />

Major Export Products<br />

Clothing, pulses, carpets,<br />

textiles, juice, pashima,<br />

jute goods<br />

8<br />

Depth<br />

Rank<br />

Level<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 118/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 139/140 69/140 4% 33%<br />

Services Trade (% of GDP) 95/140 112/140 5% 5%<br />

Capital · –<br />

FDI Stock (% of GDP) · 138/140 · 3%<br />

FDI Flows (% of GFCF) · 131/140 · 2%<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) · · · ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) · · · ·<br />

Information 121/140 –<br />

Internet Bandwidth<br />

134/140 2,434<br />

(Bits per Second per Internet User)<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

(Minutes per Capita)<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

(USD per Capita)<br />

94/140 96/140 30 81<br />

124/136 111/136 $0 $1<br />

People 99/118 –<br />

Migrants (% of Population) 95/139 74/140 4% 3%<br />

Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) 86/92 113/131 0.0 0.0<br />

International Students (% of Tertiary<br />

Education Enrollment)<br />

36/128 111/112 8% 0%<br />

Breadth<br />

Rank<br />

% Same Region<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 109/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade 72/139 136/140 62% 51%<br />

Capital · –<br />

FDI Stock · · · ·<br />

FDI Flows · · · ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock · – · –<br />

Information · –<br />

International Phone Calls · · · ·<br />

Printed Publications Trade 41/136 124/136 25% 51%<br />

People 50/126 –<br />

Migrants 89/139 90/130 57% 97%<br />

Tourists – 20/99 – 33%<br />

International Students – 47/96 – 36%<br />

Directionality<br />

Overall<br />

Depth<br />

Breadth<br />

Not Available<br />

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Balance Inward Outward<br />

Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of <strong>Connectedness</strong><br />

Structural Factors<br />

Rank<br />

Level<br />

GDP per Capita (+) 130/140 $694 <br />

Linguistic Commonality (+) 98/140 0% <br />

Remoteness (-) 77/140 4.9 <br />

Population (-) 40/140 27.8 <br />

Landlocked (-) – Yes <br />

General Policies / Environment<br />

Rank<br />

Level<br />

Operating Environment (+) 124/129 3.5 <br />

Infrastructure (+) 119/129 2.7 <br />

Press Freedom (+) 93/137 64 <br />

Labor Freedom (+) 119/140 44 <br />

Financial Freedom (+) 115/140 30 <br />

<strong>Global</strong>ization Policies<br />

Rank<br />

Level<br />

Enabling Trade <strong>Index</strong> (+) 117/129 3.3 <br />

Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) 14/138 11.6 <br />

Capital Account Openness (+) 92/135 0.2 <br />

Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) 138/139 37 <br />

Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) 23/140 129 <br />

– Not Applicable · Data Not Available (+) Positive Impact (-) Negative Impact

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