Education in Nepal 150 indicators covering education for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 unchanged 192nd Population ages 15-64 65.3% 2025 up 6.3% 88th Population ages 0-14 28.1% 2025 down 15.1% 81st Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th School enrollment, primary 128.6% 2025 down 10.5% 6th Primary education, teachers 157,456 2025 down 15.1% 41st School enrollment, primary, female 126.4% 2025 down 15.6% 6th School enrollment, primary, male 130.6% 2025 down 5.1% 5th Labor force, total 8.36 million 2025 up 11.6% 62nd Labor force, female 37.6% 2025 up 5.3% 148th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9234 GPI 2022 down 14.6% 182nd School enrollment, secondary 90.4% 2024 up 33.8% 107th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.5 per 1,000 2024 down 12.7% 86th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.4% 82nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 23.1% 70th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.3 per 1,000 2024 down 34.3% 61st Secondary education, teachers 124,257 2025 up 12.6% 47th School enrollment, secondary, female 90.9% 2024 up 31.0% 112th School enrollment, secondary, male 89.9% 2024 up 36.7% 103rd School enrollment, tertiary 21.3% 2024 up 60.8% 131st School enrollment, primary, private 25.4% 2020 up 92.9% 47th School enrollment, preprimary 93.7% 2022 up 6.9% 44th School enrollment, tertiary, male 18.7% 2024 up 42.2% 127th School enrollment, tertiary, female 23.9% 2024 up 78.8% 129th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9872 GPI 2022 down 3.7% 133rd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.22 GPI 2024 up 19.8% 96th Secondary education, teachers, female 33,511 2025 up 37.7% 77th Primary completion rate, female 108.9% 2025 down 7.4% 8th Primary completion rate, male 110.0% 2025 up 2.5% 6th Government expenditure on education, total 3.7% 2024 up 6.2% 118th Secondary education, general pupils 3.42 million 2019 up 44.7% 28th Lower secondary completion rate, total 98.2% 2025 up 12.3% 34th School enrollment, preprimary, female 88.1% 2022 up 1.6% 62nd School enrollment, preprimary, male 99.1% 2022 up 11.8% 28th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 73.5% 2016 up 19.2% 135th Government expenditure on education, total 10.8% 2025 down 36.7% 137th Secondary education, general pupils 51.4% 2019 up 10.2% 45th Lower secondary completion rate, female 101.3% 2025 up 10.8% 22nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 95.3% 2025 up 13.9% 54th Children out of school 0.8% 2025 down 15.9% 159th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Primary education, pupils 3.57 million 2025 down 17.8% 44th Secondary education, pupils 3.67 million 2024 up 16.0% 32nd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 73.7% 2016 up 23.2% 117th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 73.4% 2016 up 15.2% 129th Secondary education, vocational pupils 42,255 2019 up 180.7% 91st Number of under-five deaths, male 7,849 2024 down 41.2% 49th Number of under-five deaths, female 6,408 2024 down 42.5% 49th Number of infant deaths, male 6,993 2024 down 39.4% 46th Number of infant deaths, female 5,594 2024 down 40.2% 46th Children out of school, female 1.5% 2025 — 147th Children out of school, male 0.1% 2025 — 176th Secondary education, vocational pupils 51.2% 2019 up 130.6% 24th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 146.6% 2019 down 6.0% 9th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.7% 2025 down 2.0% 36th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.8% 2025 down 2.2% 38th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.5% 2025 down 1.7% 36th Primary education, teachers 54.7% 2025 up 30.2% 165th Repeaters, primary, total 7.6% 2019 down 47.7% 43rd Page 1 of 3 Next →