World Bank data on poverty and inequality in Nepal, generated from analytical reports, national monitoring programs, and the Bank's Development Research Group. The dataset includes internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines produced since 1990. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is provided by the World Bank Group under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Assessing the extent and causes of poverty based on World Bank analytical reports.
- Examining the impact of economic growth and public policy on inequality using national monitoring data.
- Reviewing household survey data and measurement methods for poverty estimation.
- Comparing global poverty estimates and lines for Nepal produced since 1990.
Strengths
- Data is produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group, which has been generating global poverty estimates since 1990.
- Includes measures from both national poverty monitoring programs and international analytical work.
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-04-28.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work and poverty monitoring programs, including household survey data.
- Time Range
- Data includes estimates produced since 1990.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:09:21.028646
- Geography
- Nepal