Education in Nepal

2,268 indicators covering education for Nepal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9173 GPIA 2021 up 5.9% 74th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9617 GPIA 2021 up 15.9% 81st
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 81.2% 2019 up 42.3% 39th
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 87.2% 2019 up 70.2% 33rd
Literacy rate of young men vs. women 96.8% 2019 up 6.4% 51st
Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are trained 92.4% 2020 down 0.7% 69th
Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth 0.8838 2021 up 21.2% 57th
Net attendance rate of primary school 96.5% 2022 up 3.8% 19th
Adjusted gender parity index for the proportion of teachers with the 1.0% 2024 down 2.3% 70th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes 41.9% 2021 up 35.3% 67th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.8838 LPIA 2021 up 21.2% 54th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, both sexes 80.7% 2021 up 4.1% 60th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.5199 LPIA 2021 up 43.9% 60th
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9825 GPIA 2021 up 8.1% 79th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, both sexes 21.8% 2021 up 94.7% 61st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes 71.3% 2021 up 26.2% 55th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 70.9% 2015 down 0.8% 35th
Share of GDP per capita spent by the government on each primary school student vs. GDP per capita 12.4% 2015 up 11.7% 83rd
Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions 9 2023 up 350.0% 31st
Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita 68.7% 2019 up 23.7% 74th
Literacy rates among adults 68.7% 2019 up 23.7% 74th
Literacy rates of older vs. younger population 21.1% 2019 up 15.5% 78th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 49.7% 2015 down 19.8% 65th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2011 44th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, female 40.5% 2021 up 32.3% 62nd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male 43.9% 2021 up 39.7% 62nd
Completion rate, primary education, urban, both sexes 86.9% 2021 up 0.4% 63rd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, female 79.2% 2021 up 3.0% 58th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male 82.3% 2021 up 5.3% 53rd
Completion rate, primary education, rural, both sexes 84.8% 2021 up 15.2% 56th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 4.6% 2015 down 5.5% 64th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, female 21.4% 2021 up 122.0% 59th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 4.0% 2015 down 9.8% 60th
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted location parity index 0.9764 LPIA 2021 up 14.7% 45th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male 22.4% 2021 up 65.4% 57th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, male 72.5% 2021 up 14.2% 50th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female 70.3% 2021 up 38.0% 54th
Completion rate, primary education, urban, female 85.8% 2021 up 0.3% 63rd
Completion rate, primary education, rural, female 84.8% 2021 up 21.2% 58th
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, urban, female 93.6% 2019 up 1.4% 62nd
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 1.3 GPIA 2022 down 3.2% 6th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 57.8% 2015 down 6.7% 41st
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 81.3% 2019 up 27.3% 32nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2014 94th
Completion rate, primary education, urban, male 88.2% 2021 up 0.9% 57th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 48.3% 2015 down 19.4% 57th
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained 35.7% 2024 up 32.1% 64th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 60.7% 2015 up 21.3% 34th
Completion rate, primary education, rural, male 84.9% 2021 up 9.3% 49th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 51.4% 2015 down 20.1% 53rd
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 18.8% 2022 down 19.7% 28th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 1.13 LPIA 2022 down 19.0% 49th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both 16.1% 2022 down 18.1% 30th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 13.2% 2022 down 14.5% 39th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 6.3% 2015 down 12.6% 55th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 4.7% 2015 down 3.1% 55th
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, rural, female 88.9% 2019 up 14.7% 50th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 18.1% 2022 up 49.3% 26th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 3.4% 2015 down 16.3% 57th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 15.4% 2022 up 21.5% 29th