Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Access to an all-season road

43%

 % of rural population

Within 2 kilometers (an estimated 20-minute walk) of a road that can be traveled by the prevailing means of transport all year round.

 DOR

32% of rural population have access to Strategic Road Network; and 43% to Strategic and Local Road Networks; data as of 2006

 

39%-85%

Total Number of Motor Vehicles

501,825

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motorized Vehicle "Ownership"

6.27%

% households

 

 Raw data from DTM, 2003. 

Data estimated by the WB.

 

 

Urban

NA

 

Rural

NA

 

Road Length - Total

17,282

km

 

Nepal 2000 Road Statistics

2003 WDI show 13,223 as the latest available data from 1995 to 2000.

 

 

Main Roads

10,142

km

Main roads include roads connecting cities and towns (e.g. national, regional, provincial) and are under national and regional/provincial governments.

*see below

Includes national highways, feeder roads, and district roads.

 

 

Classified Rural Roads

4,196

km

Classified rural roads – roads connecting villages with local government centers and main roads, under national or local governments.

 

 

 

 

Other Rural Roads

684

km

 

 

 

 

 

Road Density in terms of

 

 

The total road network includes (a) motorways, (b) highways, main or national roads, (c) secondary or regional roads, (d) urban roads and (e) rural roads (Glossary of Transport Statistics, 2003).

 

 

 

 

Population

0.6

Road km/1000 people

Kilometer length of total road network per 1,000 people.

Calculated based on road and population data.

as the result of 17,281/27,132,629

2.8

0.6-6.5

Land

121

Road km/1000 sq km total land

Kilometer length of the total road network per 1,000 km2 of land area.

Calculated based on road and land data.

as the result of 17,281/143,000

745.4

 53-2,079

Average Distance to Nearest Transportation Stop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Urban Population

0.67

km

2004 FS

 

 

 

0.67-1.25

Rural Population

30

km

2004 FS

 

 

 

5-30

Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Average Pump Price for Super Gasoline

0.94

US $/liter

 

GTZ

As of April 2007

0.90

0.68-1.01

Average Pump Price for Diesel Fuel

0.73

US $/liter

 

GTZ

As of April 2007

0.70

0.45-0.75

Spending on Transport Services

NA

 % HH Expenditure

Aggregate average of reported share of total urban household expenditure on transport services.

 

 

 

 

Motor Fuel Tax

NA

US $/gallon or local unit

 

 

 

 

 

Petrol

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diesel

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual License Fees

$9.15 - $26.14

US $ and local currency

 

Headline News Kathmandu Post, July 2003*.

According to the revised fee structure, Rs 2,000 has to be paid for a heavy vehicle license, Rs 1,500 for medium vehicles and Rs 1,000 for small vehicles other than motorbikes and scooters while Rs 700 has to be paid for motorbikes and scooters (for Kathmandu, July 2003).

 

 

Vehicle Registration Fees

$6.5

US $ and local currency

 

 DTM

 

 

 

Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Paved Roads

31%

 % of total roads

The length of all roads that are surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents with concrete or with cobblestones as proportion of the kilometer length of the total road network. The total road network includes (a) motorways, (b) highways, main or national roads, (c) secondary or regional roads, (d) urban roads and (e) rural roads. (Glossary of Transport Statistics, 2003).

2004

WB staff calculations

47%

23.7% - 81%

NA

% of 2 lane roads

 

 

 

 

 

NA

% of 4 lane roads

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of the Length of Built-Up Areas (without separate service lane for local/slow moving traffic) and Total Road Length (for main highways)

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Logistic Cost (ratio)

NA

 

Defined as "average CIF (cost-insurance-freight)/FOB (free on board) ratio". The CIF price measures the cost of the imported item at the point of entry into the importing country, inclusive of the costs of transport, insurance, and handling costs. The FOB price measures the cost of an imported item at the point of shipment by the exporter, specifically as it is loaded on to a carrier for transport.

 

 

 

 

Goods Transported Annually by Road

13,179

tones/km-yr

 

 

2001 WB

 

 

Passenger Transported Annually by Road

  26,480

passenger/km-yr

 

 

2001 WB

 

 

Private

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance Expenditures per km of Road Paved

3000

%

 

SMD, DOR FY2004

 

 

 

Annual Road Budget

Rs. 5328 million

US $ and local currency

 

Nepal Public Expenditure Review (In Five Volumes) Volume IV: Transport Sector, March 31, 2000. WB Infrastructure Sector Unit, South Asia Region

Data are as of 1998/99

 

 

Annual Road Expenditure (Actual)

54

million ($)

 

DOR FY2004

 

 

 

Annual Road Expenditure as of Share of GDP

0.92%

%

 

DOR FY2001

 

 

2%

Annual Maintenance Expenditure

7

million ($)

 

MB, DOR FY2004

 

 

 

Ratio of actual to required maintenance expenditure

50%

%

 

MB, DOR FY2004

 

 

 

External Funds Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Total Road  Expenditure

68%

%

 

DOR FY2004

 

 

43%-68%

of Total Maintenance Budget

36%

%

 

DOR FY2004

 

 

20%-36%

Indicators

Value

Unit

Descriptions

Reference

Notes

Average

Range

Annual Fatalities in Road Accidents

24.9

fatalities/10,000 vehicles

Number of fatalities from road motor vehicle accidents resulting in at least one person killed (with 30 days of the accident’s occurrence) per 10,000 road motor vehicles registered. Included in the accidents are: collisions between road vehicles, between road vehicles and pedestrians, between road vehicles and animals or fixed obstacles and with one road vehicle alone. Included are collisions between road and rail vehicles. Multi-vehicle collisions are counted as only one accident provided that any successive collisions happen at very short intervals (Glossary of Transport Statistics, 2003).

WDI 2002

 

 

6-85.6