Nepal exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Nepal in South Asia, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 106.9K | 0.0M | $13.5B | 1.72% | 0.00% | 5.31% |
| IND | 109.4K | 0.0M | $11.5B | 1.76% | 0.00% | 4.55% |
| RES | 5,992.6K | 29.6M | $228.4B | 96.52% | 100.00% | 90.14% |
Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Nepal.
Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Nepal.
Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Nepal.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Bagmati | 1,264.8K | 6.1M | $103.9B | 20.37% | 20.72% | 41.01% |
| Lumbini | 1,137.0K | 5.2M | $35.9B | 18.31% | 17.53% | 14.15% |
| Koshi | 1,199.8K | 5.0M | $35.0B | 19.32% | 16.99% | 13.80% |
| Madhesh | 1,020.1K | 6.3M | $30.3B | 16.43% | 21.17% | 11.94% |
| Gandaki | 625.4K | 2.5M | $25.9B | 10.07% | 8.48% | 10.22% |
| Sudurpashchim | 581.4K | 2.7M | $14.4B | 9.36% | 9.28% | 5.67% |
| Karnali | 380.4K | 1.7M | $8.1B | 6.13% | 5.84% | 3.21% |
Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.
Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.
Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Nepal.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:5-6/RES | RES | 51,493 | 1,960,642 | $65,486.0M | 0.83% | 6.63% | 25.84% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3-4/RES | RES | 111,339 | 1,423,801 | $25,058.9M | 1.79% | 4.82% | 9.89% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 317,241 | 1,602,310 | $18,952.2M | 5.11% | 5.42% | 7.48% | |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/FWCP/RES | RES | 362,997 | 1,970,742 | $18,470.3M | 5.85% | 6.67% | 7.29% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/FWCP/RES | RES | 749,866 | 3,003,915 | $14,915.7M | 12.08% | 10.16% | 5.89% | |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-4/FWCP/RES | RES | 76,475 | 798,683 | $11,974.8M | 1.23% | 2.70% | 4.73% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 1,165,603 | 4,361,807 | $9,581.3M | 18.77% | 14.76% | 3.78% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:3-4/RES | RES | 70,152 | 453,935 | $8,551.7M | 1.13% | 1.54% | 3.37% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:5-6/RES | RES | 4,802 | 219,972 | $7,614.4M | 0.08% | 0.74% | 3.00% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/IND:1 | IND | 13,720 | 0 | $5,121.9M | 0.22% | 0.00% | 2.02% |
| MUR | MUR+CLBRS/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 494,802 | 2,192,301 | $4,461.9M | 7.97% | 7.42% | 1.76% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 182,738 | 725,192 | $4,416.4M | 2.94% | 2.45% | 1.74% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/RES | RES | 1,694 | 84,670 | $4,101.1M | 0.03% | 0.29% | 1.62% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 194,714 | 918,787 | $3,923.1M | 3.14% | 3.11% | 1.55% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3-4/RES | RES | 17,765 | 161,071 | $3,040.7M | 0.29% | 0.55% | 1.20% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/Y:2015/FWCP/RES | RES | 71,204 | 245,080 | $2,919.0M | 1.15% | 0.83% | 1.15% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/Y:2015/FWCP/RES | RES | 141,238 | 468,865 | $2,809.4M | 2.27% | 1.59% | 1.11% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/IND:1 | IND | 5,774 | 0 | $2,771.4M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 1.09% |
| W | W+WBB/LPB/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 817,736 | 3,866,633 | $2,729.4M | 13.17% | 13.08% | 1.08% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/FWCN/RES | RES | 220,663 | 1,090,508 | $2,358.4M | 3.55% | 3.69% | 0.93% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/Y:2015/RES | RES | 270,311 | 887,146 | $2,222.0M | 4.35% | 3.00% | 0.88% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 38,552 | 163,104 | $2,058.2M | 0.62% | 0.55% | 0.81% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3-5/COM:3C | COM | 1,930 | 0 | $2,043.3M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.81% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 218,187 | 929,183 | $2,019.2M | 3.51% | 3.14% | 0.80% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>12/COM:3C | COM | 419 | 0 | $1,972.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.78% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-4/Y:2015/FWCP/RES | RES | 28,191 | 108,430 | $1,793.0M | 0.45% | 0.37% | 0.71% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/FWCN/RES | RES | 53,564 | 362,741 | $1,657.0M | 0.86% | 1.23% | 0.65% | |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND:2 | IND | 30,904 | 0 | $1,372.1M | 0.50% | 0.00% | 0.54% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:7-10/RES | RES | 566 | 27,527 | $1,347.5M | 0.01% | 0.09% | 0.53% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:6-12/COM:3 | COM | 236 | 0 | $1,108.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.44% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM:1 | COM | 25,365 | 0 | $1,030.5M | 0.41% | 0.00% | 0.41% |
| MUR+CLBRS/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 45,355 | 235,873 | $1,028.2M | 0.73% | 0.80% | 0.41% | |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:6-12/COM:3C | COM | 193 | 0 | $908.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.36% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 15,451 | 73,053 | $902.5M | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.36% | |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM:2 | COM | 17,457 | 0 | $840.1M | 0.28% | 0.00% | 0.33% |
| W | W/LFM/CDL+ERM/H:1-2/COM:1 | COM | 18,719 | 0 | $811.2M | 0.30% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>12/COM:3 | COM | 114 | 0 | $807.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| OT | MATO/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 130,505 | 514,485 | $741.6M | 2.10% | 1.74% | 0.29% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND:6 | IND | 24,423 | 0 | $722.9M | 0.39% | 0.00% | 0.29% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/IND:2 | IND | 14,323 | 0 | $635.9M | 0.23% | 0.00% | 0.25% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-4/RES | RES | 4,959 | 89,250 | $554.9M | 0.08% | 0.30% | 0.22% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/IND:2 | IND | 8,672 | 0 | $513.4M | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/Y:2015/RES | RES | 27,319 | 97,715 | $477.6M | 0.44% | 0.33% | 0.19% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-4/FWCN/RES | RES | 4,685 | 52,015 | $407.8M | 0.08% | 0.18% | 0.16% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM:3C | COM | 1,057 | 0 | $396.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.16% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM:3C | COM | 1,058 | 0 | $373.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM:5 | COM | 6,657 | 0 | $349.5M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.14% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM:3C | COM | 886 | 0 | $332.1M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.13% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 13,233 | 48,283 | $319.8M | 0.21% | 0.16% | 0.13% |
| MUR | MUR+CLBRS/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-4/RES | RES | 6,809 | 45,388 | $317.8M | 0.11% | 0.15% | 0.13% |
| W | W/LFM/CDL+ERM/H:1-2/COM:2 | COM | 4,848 | 0 | $248.9M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/COM:2 | COM | 3,417 | 0 | $234.9M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3-5/COM:3 | COM | 300 | 0 | $225.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM:3C | COM | 617 | 0 | $217.9M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/IND:6 | IND | 7,334 | 0 | $217.1M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 8,480 | 32,191 | $204.9M | 0.14% | 0.11% | 0.08% | |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 4,649 | 0 | $174.3M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3-5/COM:1 | COM | 267 | 0 | $171.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 6,859 | 37,690 | $160.6M | 0.11% | 0.13% | 0.06% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/COM:2 | COM | 3,353 | 0 | $151.9M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM:5 | COM | 2,985 | 0 | $147.5M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.06% | |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM:3 | COM | 2,836 | 0 | $141.8M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| W | W/LFM/CDL+ERM/H:1-2/COM | COM | 1,597 | 0 | $127.7M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM:1 | COM | 811 | 0 | $124.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM:1 | COM | 3,228 | 0 | $123.4M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.05% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 27,185 | 110,208 | $119.2M | 0.44% | 0.37% | 0.05% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM:5 | COM | 584 | 0 | $115.4M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:11-15/RES | RES | 7 | 1,071 | $113.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| MUR | MUR+CLBRS/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/Y:2015/RES | RES | 12,392 | 48,821 | $111.7M | 0.20% | 0.17% | 0.04% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND:4 | IND | 2,400 | 0 | $100.8M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/IND:6 | IND | 1,827 | 0 | $72.1M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| W | W+WBB/LPB/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 7,080 | 43,885 | $68.4M | 0.11% | 0.15% | 0.03% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3-5/COM:5 | COM | 127 | 0 | $67.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| MUR | MUR+CLBRS/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/Y:2015/RES | RES | 3,509 | 13,896 | $65.2M | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.03% |
| W | W/LFM/CDL+ERM/H:1-2/COM:5 | COM | 1,147 | 0 | $64.2M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/Y:2015/FWCN/RES | RES | 5,871 | 19,781 | $62.7M | 0.09% | 0.07% | 0.02% |
| MUR+CLBRS/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-4/Y:2015/RES | RES | 2,228 | 8,690 | $60.3M | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.02% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM:3 | COM | 305 | 0 | $57.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM:3 | COM | 1,189 | 0 | $56.0M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-4/Y:2015/RES | RES | 1,088 | 7,568 | $55.7M | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.02% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:3-4/RES | RES | 771 | 7,235 | $51.9M | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| W+WBB/LPB/CDN+ERL/H:3-4/RES | RES | 1,092 | 17,748 | $47.0M | 0.02% | 0.06% | 0.02% | |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/Y:2015/FWCN/RES | RES | 1,964 | 7,282 | $43.8M | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-2/COM | COM | 598 | 0 | $42.2M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3-4/Y:2015/FWCN/RES | RES | 1,046 | 4,159 | $35.9M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 1,115 | 4,340 | $9.4M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/Y:2015/RES | RES | 951 | 3,373 | $4.2M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:3-4/RES | RES | 143 | 618 | $4.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 249 | 1,180 | $2.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 103 | 390 | $1.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 113 | 432 | $1.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/Y:2015/RES | RES | 88 | 335 | $1.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/Y:2015/RES | RES | 80 | 298 | $0.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |