Millennium Development Goals in Nepal - Progress on key indicators


Millennimun Development Goals and Key Indicators Baseline 1990 1995 2000 2005 Latest Figure Target 2015
Goal 1a: Eradicate Extreme Poverty [4]
Target: Halve between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of of people whose income is less than one dollar per day
Population living below US$1 a day (PPP value) (%)   34 na 24 na 17
Population living below national poverty line (%)    42 38 31 na 21
Goal 1b: Eradicate Hunger [5]
Target: Halve between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of of people who suffer from hunger
Population below minimum dietary energy consumption 49 47 na 40 40 24.5
Underweight children (% of children 6-59 months)  57 na 53 na 49 29
Stunted children (% of children aged 6-59 months)  60 na 55 na 46 30
Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education [6]
Target: Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete primary schooling
Net enrolment rate in primary education (%)  64 69 81 87 89 100
Survival rate to grade 5 (% of cohort)  na 38 63 79 81 100
Literacy rate 15-24 year olds  50 56 70 73 na 100
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women [7]
Target: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, peferebly by 2005, and at all levels of education no later than 2015
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education  0.56 0.66 0.79 0.86 0.95 1
Ratio of girls to boys in lower secondary education  0.43 0.56 0.7 0.82 0.85 1
Ratio of literate women to men of age group 15-24 years 0.48 0.56 na 0.73 na 1
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament (%) 3.4 3.4 5.9 na 33 na
Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality [8]
Target: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-5 mortality rate
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)  108 79 64 51 48 34
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 162 118 91 65 na 54
1-year old children immunized against measles (%)  42 57 71 85 81 >90
Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health [9]
Target: Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2006)  850 or 515 539 415 na 281 213 or 134
Births attended by skilled health personnel (% of total) (2006) 7 10 11 19 na 60
Contraceptive prevalence (% of married women 15-49) (2006) 24 29 39 na 48 67
Goal 6a: Combat HIV and AIDS, Malaria and other diseases [10]
Target: Have halted by 2015, and begun to reverse, the spread of HIV and AIDS, malaria, and other major diseases
Prevalence of HIV/AIDS (% ages 15-49)  na na 0.29 0.55 0.49 reverse
Laboratory confirmed malaria cases (per 100,000 people at risk) [11]   na na 52 30 na reverse
Prevalence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) (2006) [12] 460 420 310 257 244 reverse
Goal 7a: Ensure Environmental Sustainability [13]
Target: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources
Forest area (% of land area)  37 29 na 25 29 reverse loss
Area protected to maintain biodiveristy (% of total land) 11 18 18 20 20 reverse loss
Goal 7b: Ensure access to water and sanitation
Target: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to drinking water
Improved water source (% with sustainable access)  46 70 73 81 89 73
Improved sanitation (%with sustainable access)  6 22 30 39 41 53
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development [14]
Official Development Assistance (% of GNI) 11.6 9.8 6.8 5.6 6.25 na
Official Development Assistance (Million USD) 423 429 387 425 514 na
Telephone lines per 100 population  0.32 0.41 1.2 1.79 2.21 na

[1] United Nations and Government of Nepal, Nepal Millennium Development Goals: Progress Report 2005 (Kathmandu, 2005).
[4] Source: GoN sources, UNDP
[5] Source: GoN sources, WFP
[6] Source: GoN sources, UNICEF
[7] Source: GoN sources, UNICEF, UNFPA
[8] Source: GoN sources, UNICEF
[9] Source: GoN sources, UNICEF, UNFPA
[10] Source: Gon sources, UNAIDS, WHO
[11] Clinically diagnosed malaria cases in public health facilities in 17 highest risk districts per 100,000 people at risk.
[12] Distinct from incidence, which reports the number of new cases in a given year, prevalence indicates the total extent of the infection in the population. In 2006, the prevalence for tuberculosis in Nepal was 244 per 100,000. The MDG however aims at reversing the 'incidence' of tuberculosis.
[13] Source: GoN Sources, UNDP
[14] UN statistics department, MDG inidcators database. ODA figures: OECD DAC. Latest figure from 2006. In 2007, the estimated total ODA is about USD 580 million.


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