NLSS Survey, 2010.

Major findings of Nepal Living Standard Survey III, 2010 Conducted by CBS (central Bureau of Statistics), Nepal.

Key findings of Nepal Living Standard Surveys
	NLSS I	NLSS II	NLSS III
Survey year	1995/96	2003/04	2010
Absolute poverty (% of population)	42	31.5	13
Demography (%)
Population aged 0-14 years	42.4	39.6	36.7
Population aged 15-59 years	50.8	52.8	54.2
Population aged 60+ years	6.8	7.6	9.1
Sex ratio (male to every 100 female)	95.5	92.3	85.6
Female headed households	13.6	19.6	26.6
Housing and household facilities (% of household)
House owner	93.8	91.6	89.7
House renter	2.2	5.4	7.8
Access to power	14.1	37.2	69.9
Access to drinking water	70.4	81.2	83
LPG for cooking	1	8.2	17.7
Access to toilet	21.6	38.7	56
Education
Literacy (6 + years)	37.8	50.6	60.9
Attendance in private school/collage	7.5	16.7	26.8
Remittances
Percentage of househoold receiving remittances	23.4	31.9	55.8
Total amount received (Rs billion)	13	46	310
From within Nepal	6	11	120
From outside Nepal	7	35	208
Use of remittance (%)
Daily consumption	-	-	78.9
Household property	-	-	4.5
Repay loans	-	-	7.1
Education	-	-	3.5
Capital formation	-	-	2.4
Income
Nominal avg household income (Rs)	43,732	80,111	202,374
Nominal avg per capita income (Rs)	7,690	15,161	41,659
Share of farm income in household income (%)	61	47.8	27.7
Consumption
Nominal per capita consumption (Rs)
All Nepal	6,802	15,848	34,829
Poorest (first decile)	2,152	4,183	11,093
Average (fifth decile)	4,777	9,230	24,238
Richest (tenth decile)	20,263	62,037	102,772
Consumption expenditure (share of total)
Food	-	59	61.5
Housing	-	9.5	11
Education	-	2.8	5.3
Other non-food items	-	28.7	22.2
Wage employment
Share of agriculture sector in wage employment	53	37	35
Mean daily wage (Rs)
Agriculture	40	75	170
Non-agriculture	74	133	263
Loans (% of total household)
Borrowing loans	61.3	68.8	65
Having standing loans	58.4	66.7	62.6
Loans from banks	16.2	15.1	20
Loans from money lenders	39.7	26	15.1
Loans from relatives	40.8	54.5	51.1