Fact Sheet

Children in Nepal

OUT OF 100 CHILDREN

• 49 are girls
  
• 51 are boys
  
• 14 live in cities
  
• 86 live in the villages
  
• 40 belong to extremely poor families
  
• 90 are immunized
  
• 47 are malnourished
  
• 80 are admitted to school, but only 51 complete primary level
  
• 86 boys and 74 girls are enrolled in primary level
  

IN NEPAL

• 41% of total population is children below 16 years.
  
• 27,000 children die of diarrhea every year.
  
• 450 pregnant mothers out of 100,000 die in childbirth every year
  
• There is only one national level children's hospital
  
• There is one child specialist to 1, 04,066 children
  
• 52% of the total population does not have toilet in their house
  
• 71% populations have access to potable water
  
• There are 28,000 government primary schools
  
• 2.6 million Children (5-14 years' age group) are engaged in different sectors of child labor
  
• Annually 12,000 women and children are trafficked to India
  
• Girls aged 10-14 works double as compared to boys in the same age group
  
• At least 40,000 children are bonded laborers
  
• 34% of marriage involves children below 15 years
  
• 5000 children are working and living on the streets
  
• About 100 children are in adult jails
  
• More than 8000 children have been orphaned and
  
• More than 40000 have been displaced due to the ongoing-armed conflict between government and (CPN) Maoists
  
• Around 465 children have died in the course of armed conflict
  

Sources: CWIN-RAIC/CBS/UNICEF/Ministry of Education/ILO-IPEC/Family Planning Project-UNFPA/Nepal Medical Council

This page is updated on 10th April 2007