Education in Nepal 2,268 indicators covering education for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of the population with tertiary education 2.8% 2020 down 20.0% 95th Share of population with no formal education 20.5% 2020 down 37.9% 20th Share of the population with at least some formal education 79.5% 2020 up 18.7% 92nd Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 52.0% 2024 down 1.8% 84th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 1.1% 2024 down 3.1% 84th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 48.0% 2024 up 2.0% 54th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.2% 2013 — 35th Government expenditure per student, tertiary 24.2% 2015 down 61.9% 70th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 33.9% 2021 up 27.4% 117th Share of the population with lower secondary education 33.9% 2021 up 27.4% 117th Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in public institutions 89.0% 2015 up 2.1% 84th Government expenditure per student, secondary 10.5% 2015 up 12.1% 100th Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 33.9% 2021 up 27.4% 116th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 43.2% 2021 up 14.8% 111th Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 59.2% 2021 up 51.6% 127th Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 43.2% 2021 up 14.8% 110th Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 46.4% 2021 up 89.3% 126th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 26.6% 2021 up 54.3% 114th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2014 — 116th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.6155 GPIA 2021 up 34.4% 114th Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 26.6% 2021 up 54.3% 113th Share of qualified teachers in pre-primary education 97.6% 2025 up 19.0% 43rd Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 75.4% 2021 up 34.0% 123rd Percentage of teachers in primary education who are trained according 53.7% 2024 up 29.6% 102nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 16.6% 2023 — 6th Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 0.6152 GPIA 2021 up 41.2% 126th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 12.8% 2021 down 37.8% 56th Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 11.2% 2015 down 1.4% 88th Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage 0.8% 2023 up 80.6% 46th Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 0.9617 2021 up 15.9% 87th Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 82.4% 2015 up 0.0% 80th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 90.6% 2015 up 2.9% 85th Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 433.99 2015 up 50.1% 101st Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 89.9% 2015 up 2.5% 93rd Proportion of schools with access to computers for pedagogical 87.9% 2025 up 6,803.9% 83rd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 6.7% 2021 down 40.0% 99th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 89.0% 2015 up 2.1% 90th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 10.1% 2015 down 17.9% 36th Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage 0.8% 2023 up 62.6% 51st Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 11.0% 2015 down 14.5% 37th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 64.0% 2021 down 21.0% 103rd Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 132.3% 2019 up 88.4% 1st Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 9.4% 2015 down 21.4% 43rd Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 21.9% 2015 down 66.3% 72nd Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 9.1% 2018 up 26.3% 87th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 51.4% 2021 down 23.5% 101st Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 4.9% 2021 down 20.5% 97th Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 848.43 2015 down 48.8% 114th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 41.4% 2021 down 22.8% 101st Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 4.5 2021 up 27.9% 117th Capital expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 17.6% 2015 down 0.1% 24th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.6473 GPIA 2021 down 2.4% 103rd Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 9.5% 2015 down 1.0% 102nd All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 53.7% 2015 down 19.1% 110th Gross graduation ratio, primary, female 135.2% 2019 up 94.0% 1st Gross graduation ratio, primary, male 129.4% 2019 up 82.9% 1st Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 26.2% 2021 up 17.0% 93rd Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 36.2% 2015 up 69.9% 6th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 36.0% 2021 up 1.1% 91st All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 75.4% 2015 down 1.1% 68th ← Previous Page 24 of 38 Next →