Education in Nepal 2,268 indicators covering education for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, tertiary education, male 1.46 million 2025 down 8.7% 45th School age population, tertiary education, female 1.48 million 2025 down 9.1% 41st School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 2.93 million 2025 down 8.9% 43rd School age population, lower secondary education, male 882,476 2025 down 11.0% 52nd School age population, lower secondary education, female 825,586 2025 down 13.2% 54th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 1.71 million 2025 down 12.1% 52nd School age population, last grade of primary education, male 293,812 2025 down 7.8% 47th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 272,978 2025 down 10.6% 48th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 566,790 2025 down 9.2% 47th School age population, primary education, male 1.43 million 2025 down 7.0% 55th School age population, primary education, female 1.34 million 2025 down 9.3% 54th School age population, primary education, both sexes 2.77 million 2025 down 8.2% 54th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 279,289 2025 down 7.1% 51st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 264,567 2025 down 7.9% 52nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 543,856 2025 down 7.5% 51st School age population, one year before the official primary entry 279,745 2025 down 6.3% 50th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 268,523 2025 down 5.8% 50th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 548,268 2025 down 6.1% 50th School age population, pre-primary education, male 560,528 2025 down 6.1% 62nd School age population, pre-primary education, female 538,823 2025 down 5.4% 62nd School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 1.10 million 2025 down 5.8% 62nd Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 3.57 million 2025 down 17.8% 44th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 99.2% 2025 up 0.1% 38th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, pupils 3.57 million 2025 down 17.8% 44th Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Secondary education, pupils 3.67 million 2024 up 16.0% 32nd Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.2019 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% 119th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 130.6% 2025 down 5.1% 5th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9677 GPIA 2025 down 10.5% 168th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 126.4% 2025 down 15.6% 6th School life expectancy, primary, male 6.52 years 2025 down 4.4% 52nd School life expectancy, primary, female 6.29 years 2025 down 14.1% 61st Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 0.8% 2025 down 15.9% 166th Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year 2017 up 89.6% 82nd School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9653 GPIA 2025 down 9.7% 170th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 102.1% 2019 up 14.2% 58th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 106.9% 2019 up 21.4% 34th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 12.27 years 2019 up 16.4% 60th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2019 up 4.1% 28th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.7 years 2019 up 21.2% 44th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 609,324 2025 up 24.7% 31st Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 752,326 2025 up 43.1% 30th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 263,796 2025 down 39.0% 24th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), per 0.2589 units per square kilometre 2023 down 85.3% 43rd Government expenditure on education, total 3.7% 2024 — 118th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number), per square 0.277 units per square kilometre 2023 down 84.3% 51st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 down 59.1% 9th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 6.68 number per square kilometre 2019 up 8.7% 45th 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, per capita 0.0015 units per person 2019 up 166.6% 152nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 42,255 2019 up 180.7% 91st Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 124,257 2025 up 12.6% 47th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4045 % change on previous year 2017 down 100.8% 121st Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per square 0.7217 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% 92nd Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre 0.2948 units per square kilometre 2019 up 180.7% 110th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 98.5% 2025 — 34th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 90.4% 2024 up 33.8% 114th Number of under-five deaths, male 7,849 2024 down 41.2% 49th ← Previous Page 6 of 38 Next →