20.27 percent of Nepalis live below poverty line; Sudurpaschim poorest province

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: A new national poverty assessment has laid bare Nepal’s stark and uneven economic realities, revealing that more than one in five Nepalis—20.27 percent of the population– live below the poverty line. The findings released on Friday by the National Statistics Office (NSO) show Sudurpaschim Province as the poorest in the country, while Gandaki Province fares the best.