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India vs Nepal

119 shared metrics.

IndiaLeads in 77

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NepalLeads in 42

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India

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of India.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

India overtook China in 2023 to become the world's most populous country.

UN DESA 2023

Nepal

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Identity

Name origin: the name probably comes from the Sanskrit term nepala, from the words for "fly down" and "house," which would refer to the villages at the base of the mount…

CIA 2026

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Nepal packs eight of the world's fourteen classic 8,000-meter peaks into one mountain country.

NTB

Analysis

India leads in 77 of 119 shared metrics, while Nepal leads in 42.

India's Railway Length is 1110.1x that of Nepal (65.6K km vs 59 km).

India's Total CO2 Emissions is 197.5x that of Nepal (3.2K Mt CO2e vs 15.89 Mt CO2e).

India's Electricity Generation is 191.3x that of Nepal (2.1K TWh vs 10.7 TWh).

India's Electric Generating Capacity is 173.9x that of Nepal (499.14M kW vs 2.85M kW).

India's Scientific Publications is 121.0x that of Nepal (207.4K vs 1.7K).

Key Comparisons

Railway LengthIndia leads

India

65.6K km

Nepal

59 km

Total CO2 EmissionsIndia leads

India

3.2K Mt CO2e

Nepal

15.89 Mt CO2e

Electricity GenerationIndia leads

India

2.1K TWh

Nepal

10.7 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityIndia leads

India

499.14M kW

Nepal

2.85M kW

Scientific PublicationsIndia leads

India

207.4K

Nepal

1.7K

GDP (Nominal)India leads

India

44 sites

Nepal

4.0 sites

1000% higher

Comparison of India and Nepal across 119 metrics
				Winner
Railway Length	65.6K km	59 km	111008% higher	India
Total CO2 Emissions	3.2K Mt CO2e	15.89 Mt CO2e	19746% higher	India
Electricity Generation	2.1K TWh	10.7 TWh	19129% higher	India
Electric Generating Capacity	499.14M kW	2.85M kW	17395% higher	India
Scientific Publications	207.4K	1.7K	12105% higher	India
GDP (Nominal)	$3,909,891,533,858.08	$42,914,268,286.71	9011% higher	India
Water Withdrawal	647.5 B m³	9.5 B m³	6718% higher	India
Irrigated Land	754.6K km²	12.1K km²	6141% higher	India
Tourism Revenue	$13,413,000,000	$238,000,000	5536% higher	India
Wind Electricity Share	5.0%	0.09%	5456% higher	India
Population	1.42B	31.33M	4430% higher	India
Air Passengers	180.42M	4.29M	4106% higher	India
High-Tech Exports (%)	18.57%	0.62%	2908% higher	India
Electricity Carbon Intensity	670.13 gCO2/kWh	24.26 gCO2/kWh	2662% higher	India
Armed Forces Personnel	3.07M	112.0K	2639% higher	India
Land Area	2.97M km²	143.3K km²	1974% higher	India
Credit Card Ownership	4.6% of adults	0.36% of adults	1185% higher	India
Forest Area	729.6K km²	59.6K km²	1124% higher	India
Firms Making Informal Payments	39.33% of firms	3.4% of firms	1060% higher	India
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	44 sites	4.0 sites	1000% higher	India
Water Stress (%)	44.78%	4.8%	835% higher	India
Solar Electricity Share	9.4%	1.1%	772% higher	India
Airports	318	50	536% higher	India
Insufficient Physical Activity	49.42% of adults	8.5% of adults	478% higher	India
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.69% of GDP	0.13% of GDP	423% higher	India
Spirits Consumption	2.3 L/person/yr	0.45 L/person/yr	406% higher	India
Safe Drinking Water (%)	76.44%	16.49%	364% higher	India
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.23% of firms	6.2% of firms	341% higher	India
Land Border Length	13.9K km	3.2K km	340% higher	India
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.6 per 1k	0.40 per 1k	300% higher	India
Alcohol Consumption	4.1 L/adult/yr	1.1 L/adult/yr	287% higher	India
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.2K kWh/person	321.05 kWh/person	268% higher	India
CO2 Per Capita	2.2 t/person/yr	0.63 t/person/yr	248% higher	India
Border Neighbors	6.0	2.0	200% higher	India
Exports (% GDP)	21.16% of GDP	7.6% of GDP	178% higher	India
Population Density	483.68 /km²	207.15 /km²	133% higher	India
Military Spending	2.3% of GDP	0.98% of GDP	132% higher	India
Agricultural Land (%)	60.06%	26.12%	130% higher	India
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.9 kg/person/yr	3.5 kg/person/yr	126% higher	India
Mobile Money Accounts	23.1% of adults	10.58% of adults	118% higher	India
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	India
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$11,159.99	$5,736.62	95% higher	India
Vehicles per 1,000 People	158.15 per 1k people	84.07 per 1k people	88% higher	India
Capital Elevation	216 m	1.3K m	83% lower	Nepal
GNI Per Capita	$2,650	$1,470	80% higher	India
Teen Birth Rate	14.06 per 1k	67.17 per 1k	79% lower	Nepal
GDP Growth Rate	6.5%	3.7%	77% higher	India
Firms Hit by Power Outages	19.91% of firms	75.84% of firms	74% lower	Nepal
Digital Payments Used	48.46% of adults	28.07% of adults	73% higher	India
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	15 days/yr	67% higher	India
Protected Land (%)	7.7%	23.6%	67% lower	Nepal
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0.09 per 100k people	63% lower	Nepal
Milk Consumption per Person	84.5 kg/person/yr	52.1 kg/person/yr	62% higher	India
University Enrollment Rate	34.42%	21.29%	62% higher	India
Unemployment Rate	4.2%	10.71%	61% lower	Nepal
Women in Parliament (%)	13.65%	33.09%	59% lower	Nepal
Meat Consumption per Person	6.1 kg/person/yr	13.55 kg/person/yr	55% lower	Nepal
Death Rate	8.7 per 1k	5.6 per 1k	55% higher	India
Renewable Energy (%)	34.9%	73.7%	53% lower	Nepal
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	6.7% of GDP	13.94% of GDP	52% lower	Nepal
Nurses & Midwives	1.7 per 1k	3.5 per 1k	50% lower	Nepal
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.3% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	50% lower	Nepal
Liberal Democracy Index	0.26	0.51	49% lower	Nepal
Road Traffic Death Rate	14.6 per 100k	28.2 per 100k	48% lower	Nepal
Urban Population (%)	35.38%	66.77%	47% lower	Nepal
Broadband Access (%)	2.7 per 100 people	5.0 per 100 people	45% lower	Nepal
Energy Use (Per Capita)	754.18 kg oil eq/person	519.95 kg oil eq/person	45% higher	India
Freedom of Expression Index	0.46	0.81	44% lower	Nepal
Electoral Democracy Index	0.38	0.66	43% lower	Nepal
Forest Coverage (%)	24.54%	41.59%	41% lower	Nepal
Firms with Female Top Manager	6.8% of firms	10.31% of firms	34% lower	Nepal
Homicide Rate	2.8 per 100k	2.1 per 100k	32% higher	India
Imports (% GDP)	23.49% of GDP	32.91% of GDP	29% lower	Nepal
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.72 per 1k	1.0 per 1k	29% lower	Nepal
Food Waste per Person	97.34 kg/person/yr	134.87 kg/person/yr	28% lower	Nepal
Suicide Rate	12.56 per 100k	10.14 per 100k	24% higher	India
Political Corruption Index	0.68	0.56	22% higher	India
Youth Unemployment Rate	16.02% of youth labor force	20.56% of youth labor force	22% lower	Nepal
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	79 per 100 people	100 per 100 people	21% lower	Nepal
Beer Consumption	0.13 L/person/yr	0.16 L/person/yr	18% lower	Nepal
Women's Political Empowerment	0.66	0.79	17% lower	Nepal
Government Debt (% GDP)	46.5% of GDP	39.9% of GDP	17% higher	India
Corruption Perceptions Index	39 pts	34 pts	15% higher	India
Inequality (Gini)	25.5	30	15% lower	Nepal
Smoking Rate	24.3%	28.3%	14% lower	Nepal
Median Age	28.1 years	24.7 years	14% higher	India
Hypertension Prevalence	31.3% of adults	36.2% of adults	14% lower	Nepal
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	24.96 per 100k	21.99 per 100k	14% higher	India
Women in Senior Management	11.92% of managers	13.9% of managers	14% lower	Nepal
Dependency Ratio	46.56% of working-age pop.	53.69% of working-age pop.	13% lower	Nepal
Tobacco Use Prevalence	24.4% of adults	28% of adults	13% lower	Nepal
Youth Population (%)	24.62%	28.43%	13% lower	Nepal
Life Evaluation Score	4.5 pts	5.1 pts	12% lower	Nepal
Average Weekly Work Hours	45.45 hrs/week	41.04 hrs/week	11% higher	India
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.1% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	11% higher	India
Human Development Index	0.69	0.62	10% higher	India
Obesity Rate	7.2%	6.6%	10% higher	India
Fertility Rate	2.0 children/woman	1.8 children/woman	10% higher	India
Health Spending Per Capita	$79.52	$88.27	10% lower	Nepal
Elderly Population (%)	7.1%	6.5%	10% higher	India
Inflation Rate	5.0%	4.7%	7% higher	India
Informal Employment Share	87.2% of employed people	81.52% of employed people	7% higher	India
Electricity Access (%)	99.5%	94%	6% higher	India
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	48.39 µg/m³	45.72 µg/m³	6% higher	India
Child Mortality	27.7 per 1k births	26.5 per 1k births	5% higher	India
Birth Rate	15.91 per 1k	16.66 per 1k	5% lower	Nepal
Infant Mortality	24.5 per 1k births	23.3 per 1k births	5% higher	India
Sanitation Access (%)	83.38%	86.03%	3% lower	Nepal
Highest Elevation	8.6K m	8.8K m	3% lower	Nepal
Life Expectancy	72.0 years	70.4 years	2% higher	India
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.18% of adults	96.45% of adults	1% lower	Nepal
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	equal	India
Coastline Length	7.0K km	0 km	ranked higher	India
Coal Electricity Share	70.82%	0%	ranked higher	India
Internet Users (%)	56%	56%	equal	India
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.00 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	India
Lowest Elevation	0 m	70 m	ranked lower	Nepal
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.9% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Nepal
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.22 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	India

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Analysis

India leads in 77 of 119 shared metrics, while Nepal leads in 42.

India's Railway Length is 1110.1x that of Nepal (65.6K km vs 59 km).

India's Total CO2 Emissions is 197.5x that of Nepal (3.2K Mt CO2e vs 15.89 Mt CO2e).

India's Electricity Generation is 191.3x that of Nepal (2.1K TWh vs 10.7 TWh).

India's Electric Generating Capacity is 173.9x that of Nepal (499.14M kW vs 2.85M kW).

India's Scientific Publications is 121.0x that of Nepal (207.4K vs 1.7K).

Key Comparisons

Railway LengthIndia leads

India

65.6K km

Nepal

59 km

Total CO2 EmissionsIndia leads

India

3.2K Mt CO2e

Nepal

15.89 Mt CO2e

Electricity GenerationIndia leads

India

2.1K TWh

Nepal

10.7 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityIndia leads

India

499.14M kW

Nepal

2.85M kW

Scientific PublicationsIndia leads

India

207.4K

Nepal

1.7K

GDP (Nominal)India leads

India

$3,909,891,533,858.08

Nepal

$42,914,268,286.71

Railway Length

65.6K km

59 km

Total CO2 Emissions

3.2K Mt CO2e

15.89 Mt CO2e

Electricity Generation

2.1K TWh

10.7 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

499.14M kW

2.85M kW

Scientific Publications

207.4K

1.7K

GDP (Nominal)

$3,909,891,533,858.08

$42,914,268,286.71

Water Withdrawal

647.5 B m³

9.5 B m³

Irrigated Land

754.6K km²

12.1K km²

Tourism Revenue

$13,413,000,000

$238,000,000

Wind Electricity Share

5.0%

0.09%

Population

1.42B

31.33M

Air Passengers

180.42M

4.29M

High-Tech Exports (%)

18.57%

0.62%

Electricity Carbon Intensity

670.13 gCO2/kWh

24.26 gCO2/kWh

Armed Forces Personnel

3.07M

112.0K

Land Area

2.97M km²

143.3K km²

Credit Card Ownership

4.6% of adults

0.36% of adults

Forest Area

729.6K km²

59.6K km²

Firms Making Informal Payments

39.33% of firms

3.4% of firms

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

44 sites

4.0 sites

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Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Railway Length

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

GDP (Nominal)

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Tourism Revenue

Wind Electricity Share

Population

Air Passengers

High-Tech Exports (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Armed Forces Personnel

Land Area

Credit Card Ownership

Forest Area

Firms Making Informal Payments

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Water Stress (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Airports

Insufficient Physical Activity

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Spirits Consumption

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Land Border Length

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Alcohol Consumption

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

CO2 Per Capita

Border Neighbors

Exports (% GDP)

Population Density

Military Spending

Agricultural Land (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Mobile Money Accounts

Official Languages Count

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Capital Elevation

GNI Per Capita

Teen Birth Rate

GDP Growth Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Digital Payments Used

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Protected Land (%)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Milk Consumption per Person

University Enrollment Rate

Unemployment Rate

Women in Parliament (%)

Meat Consumption per Person

Death Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Nurses & Midwives

Health Spending (% GDP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Road Traffic Death Rate

Urban Population (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Freedom of Expression Index

Electoral Democracy Index

Forest Coverage (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Homicide Rate