Education in Nepal 2,268 indicators covering education for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 6.3% 2025 down 73.4% 79th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male (modelled) 8.5% 2025 down 64.3% 73rd Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 1.04 modelled data 2025 up 16.8% 56th Enrolment in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.71 million 2025 up 27.8% 28th Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% 19th Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 3.7% 2024 up 6.2% 120th Primary education, pupils 50.6% 2019 up 2.3% 9th Inequality in education 0.398 2023 down 3.8% 24th Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 5.4% 2016 down 43.2% 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 66.7% 2019 up 107.2% 121st Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 59.3% 2019 up 44.7% 123rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index 1.13 GPI 2019 up 43.2% 43rd Enrolment in upper secondary education, female 840,672 2025 up 24.4% 28th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.18 modelled data 2025 up 16.5% 34th Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal 1 2025 unchanged 77th Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in 12 2025 unchanged 26th End of the academic school year 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% 5th Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) 9.0% 2023 up 377.0% 7th Enrolment in upper secondary education, male 873,520 2025 up 31.3% 27th Start month of the academic school year 10 tertiary education 2024 unchanged 9th End month of the academic school year 9 tertiary education 2024 unchanged 49th Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 39,596 2025 up 31.7% 27th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.7412 modelled data 2025 down 25.6% 157th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 12.9% 2016 down 55.2% 20th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 13.1% 2016 down 48.5% 24th Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS) 0.1% 2023 up 57.8% 130th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 107.6% 2024 up 16.4% 35th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 down 33.6% 158th Persistence to grade 5, female 73.4% 2016 up 15.2% 122nd Persistence to grade 5, male 73.7% 2016 up 23.2% 117th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 118.2% 2024 down 4.1% 7th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 107.8% 2024 up 12.8% 34th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 107.5% 2024 up 20.0% 36th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.6% 96th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 7.1% 2023 up 69.8% 46th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 down 39.2% 160th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 24.0% 2023 up 168.5% 49th School enrollment, secondary 61.9% 2019 up 30.5% 113th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 9.42 years 2024 down 3.8% 67th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 118.1% 2024 down 7.4% 8th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9992 GPIA 2024 down 6.4% 89th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 118.2% 2024 down 0.7% 8th Preprimary education, duration 2 years 2025 unchanged 166th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female 22,366 2025 up 12.6% 17th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male 23,575 2025 up 21.5% 18th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 1.10 million 2025 down 5.8% 71st School age population, early childhood education, female 538,823 2025 down 5.4% 70th School age population, early childhood education, male 560,528 2025 down 6.1% 71st Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 74.4% 2025 up 49.0% 121st Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 36,584 2025 up 36.6% 22nd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 193,769 2025 up 131.3% 15th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 9.43 years 2024 down 0.5% 68th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 9.4 years 2024 down 7.0% 72nd School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9962 GPIA 2024 down 6.2% 107th Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes 7.5% 2024 down 23.7% 36th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.2% 2019 up 86.8% 168th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 2.6% 2019 up 51.4% 137th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 74.7% 2025 up 46.1% 128th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2025 down 3.7% 112th ← Previous Page 11 of 38 Next →