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    • Fact Sheet
    • Introduction
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    • Education Profile
    • Health Profile
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  • Plan of Action toward Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003 - 2012
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1. General Fact Sheet

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Government (ii)
Type		Parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
Chief of State		King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah (since June 2001)
Head of Government		Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (May 2006)
Capital		Kathmandu
Administrative Divisions		14 zones
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population(thousands) i	25,343	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	2.2%	0 - 14 years	38.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	16.0%	15 - 64 years	58.0%
Nationality	Nepalese	Over 65 years	4.0%
Ethnic Group (2001) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	1.06 male(s)/female
Chhettri	15.5%	Unemployment Rate (2001 est.) ii	47.0%
Brahman-Hill	12.5%	Population below poverty line (1995-1996) ii	42.0%
Magar	7.0%
Tharu	6.6%
Tamang	5.5%
Newar	5.4%
Muslim	4.2%
Kami	3.9%
Yadav	3.9%
Other	32.7%
Unspecified	2.8%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2002-2004 est.)	62.7%	Enrolment Ratios (GER) (2002/2003)
Adult Literacy (F) (2002-2004 est.)	34.9%	Primary	119.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2002/2003)	14.9%	Secondary	45.0%
		Tertiary	5.0%
		Compulsory	N/A
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2005) i	62 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2001 est.) ii	0.5%
Life Expectancy (F) (2005) i	63 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2001 est.) ii	61,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) i	68
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 1,500	Contributions to GDP ( 2002 est.)
GDP Growth (2004 est.)	3.0%	Agriculture	40.0%
Budget (FY 99/00 est.)		Industry	20.0%
Revenues	$ 665.0 million	Services	40.0%
Expenditures	$ 1.1 billion
Disability
Major Legislation		The Protection and Welfare of the Disabled Persons Act 2039 (1982) Disability by Age. New ERA/UNICEF Survey
Disability Prevalence iv	0.46%	Disability by Type iv
Disability Figure iv	103,795	Physical Disability	39.3%
Disability by Sex (M) iv	45.4%	Blindness	15.9%
Disability by Sex (F) iv	54.6%	Deafness	24.6%
National Coordination Committee on Disability	None	Mentally Retarded	12.7%
		Multiple Disability	7.5%

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Nepal (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/np.html)
3. UNESCO: Institution for Statistics-education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. National Planning Commission and Central Bureau of Statistics