Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Nepal
Nepal: Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) was 0.7962 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Export unit values, US dollar in Nepal, 1964–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, export unit values, us dollar in Nepal stood at 0.7962.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 49.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export unit values, us dollar in Nepal peaked at 1 in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0.3631, in 2010.
Nepal ranks 51st of 166 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 0.9053 | — |
| 1965 | 0.969 | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 1 | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 0.9104 | -9.0% |
| 1968 | 0.9201 | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.7952 | -13.6% |
| 1970 | 0.9601 | +20.7% |
| 1971 | 0.8527 | -11.2% |
| 1972 | 0.816 | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7429 | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 0.7041 | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6273 | -10.9% |
| 1976 | 0.651 | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 0.5066 | -22.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6005 | +18.5% |
| 1979 | 0.7171 | +19.4% |
| 1980 | 0.6393 | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 0.4693 | -26.6% |
| 1982 | 0.5969 | +27.2% |
| 1983 | 0.3676 | -38.4% |
| 1984 | 0.4075 | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 0.433 | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 0.5951 | +37.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4497 | -24.4% |
| 1988 | 0.3947 | -12.2% |
| 1989 | 0.909 | +130.3% |
| 1990 | 0.4088 | -55.0% |
| 1991 | 0.4998 | +22.3% |
| 1992 | 0.4985 | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.4935 | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4133 | -16.3% |
| 1995 | 0.4153 | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5027 | +21.0% |
| 1997 | 0.6818 | +35.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7935 | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 0.5157 | -35.0% |
| 2000 | 0.5914 | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 0.383 | -35.2% |
| 2002 | 0.6106 | +59.4% |
| 2003 | 0.6166 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5313 | -13.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5038 | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5491 | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5716 | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5891 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5757 | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3631 | -36.9% |
| 2011 | 0.37 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.7115 | +92.3% |
| 2013 | 0.7422 | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7962 | +7.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 0.7962 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6923, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 0.7962 is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.6967, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Nepal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +130.3% | 0.3947 | 0.909 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9167 | 0.7952 | 1 | 6 |
| 1970s | 0.7178 | 0.5066 | 0.9601 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5262 | 0.3676 | 0.909 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5223 | 0.4088 | 0.7935 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5522 | 0.383 | 0.6166 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5966 | 0.3631 | 0.7962 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export unit values, us dollar in Nepal?
- Export unit values, us dollar in Nepal was 0.7962 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1966.
- What is the lowest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3631 in 2010.
- How does Nepal rank for export unit values, us dollar?
- Nepal ranks 51st out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is export unit values, us dollar rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.