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Nepal
Nepal is replacing citizenship certificates with a biometric national ID and began assigning ID numbers at birth registration in 2024. No source for CBDC work beyond a central bank study was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Nepal
- Program
- National ID Card; Nagarik App
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- National Identity Card and Registration Act (year unconfirmed by an official source)
The Department of National ID and Civil Registration has started assigning national ID numbers to children during birth registration (March 2024 report). Nepal is moving from citizenship certificates to biometric smart national ID cards. Official sources for 2025-2026 rollout figures were not found.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
Nepal Rastra Bank studying CBDC introduction.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2024-03Rolling it out
The national ID department began assigning ID numbers to children at birth registration. Get in the Picture ↗
UN and WHO
How Nepal has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 68.7 · rank 90 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 3
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.