Nepal, Feb. 20 -- Nepal's rural poverty has been in constant decline while urban poverty has been on the rise as people continue to migrate to urban centres to improve their livelihood.

The fourth Living Standard Survey 2022-23 released recently by the National Statistics Office revealed that urban poverty in the country rose to 18.34 percent in 2022-23 from 15.46 percent in 2010-11.

On the other hand, rural poverty decreased from 27.43 percent in 2010-11 to 24.66 percent in 2022-23.

Before that, urban poverty had declined to 9.55 percent in 2003-04 from 21.55 percent in 1995-96, the first time the Living Standard Survey was carried out in the country. The proportion of urban poor has increased substantially in consecutive surveys.

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