Education in Nepal 2,268 indicators covering education for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with secondary 2.9% 2010 up 166.4% 126th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with secondary 9.1% 2010 up 132.0% 121st Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary 0.3% 2010 — 39th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with tertiary 0.3% 2010 — 45th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary 0.9% 2010 up 43.8% 117th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. 1.8% 2010 down 3.3% 112th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary 1.3% 2010 up 87.1% 111th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, both sexes 72.5% 2019 down 8.6% 52nd Initial household funding per tertiary student as a percentage of GDP 76.7% 2015 down 4.3% 3rd Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are qualified 35.3% 2024 up 30.5% 53rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, male 82.7% 2019 down 5.9% 50th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, adjusted gender 0.77 GPIA 2019 down 3.8% 53rd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female, adjusted 0.95 LPIA 2019 up 13.1% 38th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, female 50.1% 2019 up 13.5% 43rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location 0.79 LPIA 2019 up 25.4% 38th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female, adjusted location 0.7 LPIA 2019 up 40.0% 42nd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female, adjusted 0.63 LPIA 2019 up 186.4% 30th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.1 GPIA 2022 down 29.6% 12th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 1.21 GPIA 2022 down 20.8% 3rd Completion rate, primary education, middle quintile, both sexes 84.7% 2021 up 10.5% 36th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male, adjusted location 0.96 LPIA 2019 up 3.2% 37th Adjusted wealth parity index for completion rate, by sex, location 0.6984 2021 up 73.6% 24th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted location parity 0.83 LPIA 2019 up 20.3% 38th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, both sexes 60.5% 2019 up 9.9% 43rd Completion rate, primary education, second quintile, both sexes 80.5% 2021 up 20.5% 35th Completion rate, primary education, fourth quintile, both sexes 89.0% 2021 up 6.7% 37th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location 0.88 LPIA 2019 up 14.3% 35th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, male 73.2% 2019 up 8.2% 43rd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male, adjusted location parity 0.87 LPIA 2019 up 19.2% 38th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, adjusted gender 0.68 GPIA 2019 up 4.6% 42nd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male, adjusted location 1.03 LPIA 2019 up 98.1% 1st Completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, both sexes 83.9% 2021 up 43.7% 29th Completion rate, primary education, richest quintile, both sexes 96.9% 2021 up 2.8% 31st Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.03 LPIA 2022 down 29.3% 42nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.9106 LPIA 2022 down 42.9% 38th Completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index 0.8666 WPIA 2021 up 39.8% 28th Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, both 75.8% 2021 up 46.3% 29th Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, both 15.4% 2021 up 563.8% 32nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, both 17.5% 2021 up 500.6% 35th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 4.9% 2022 down 36.2% 31st Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, both 67.6% 2021 up 38.6% 28th Completion rate, lower secondary education, poorest quintile, both 66.1% 2021 up 85.6% 23rd Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity 0.6984 WPIA 2021 up 73.6% 23rd Completion rate, lower secondary education, fourth quintile, both 83.9% 2021 up 18.2% 29th Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, both 94.6% 2021 up 6.9% 24th Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, both 26.1% 2021 up 252.5% 34th Completion rate, upper secondary education, fourth quintile, both 41.7% 2021 up 182.8% 33rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 4.9% 2022 up 9.4% 28th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 4.9% 2022 down 13.6% 26th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 4.9% 2022 up 49.3% 28th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, female 4.4% 2022 up 44.1% 19th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, male 2.9% 2022 down 4.2% 28th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 5.2% 2022 down 52.2% 28th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 4.7% 2022 down 2.1% 31st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 3.5% 2022 down 50.0% 25th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 3.9% 2022 down 59.0% 24th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 3.1% 2022 down 31.6% 29th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, both 3.6% 2022 up 18.4% 21st Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both 74.4% 2021 up 82.2% 31st Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity 0.2071 WPIA 2021 up 264.3% 30th ← Previous Page 33 of 38 Next →