Education in Nepal 2,268 indicators covering education for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 84.2% 2025 up 37.1% 96th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.04 modelled data 2025 up 8.5% 65th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 81.1% 2025 up 26.1% 89th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 42.5% 2025 up 175.1% 105th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 40.6% 2025 up 190.7% 114th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9125 modelled data 2025 up 11.1% 137th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 44.4% 2025 up 161.8% 100th Teachers in secondary education, male 90,746 2025 up 5.4% 32nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.8% 2025 down 2.2% 38th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.7% 2025 down 2.0% 36th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.5% 2025 down 1.7% 36th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 23.9% 2024 up 78.8% 129th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 18.7% 2024 up 42.2% 127th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 19.8% 98th Primary education, teachers 54.7% 2025 up 30.2% 165th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 51,490 number 2019 up 35.3% 30th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 8.17 % change on previous year 2017 down 44.6% 27th Repeaters, primary, total 7.6% 2019 down 47.7% 43rd School life expectancy, tertiary, female 1.19 years 2024 up 78.8% 132nd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.9334 years 2024 up 42.2% 128th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 19.8% 98th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 3.7% 2019 up 454.4% 80th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 13.57 years 2024 up 8.4% 97th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 109.4% 2025 down 2.5% 7th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 7,950 number 2013 up 72.9% 97th Persistence to grade 5, total 73.5% 2016 up 19.2% 134th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 73.5% 2016 up 19.2% 136th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,304 2024 down 39.7% 50th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,167 2024 down 32.9% 52nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 2,269 2024 down 31.6% 53rd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 3,188 2024 down 7.0% 48th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 147.5% 2019 down 8.1% 7th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 145.7% 2019 down 4.0% 11th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 20.0% 2024 up 59.7% 72nd School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.28 years 2025 up 32.7% 66th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.69 years 2025 up 52.5% 54th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.8472 GPIA 2025 down 13.0% 197th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 97.1% 2025 up 7.8% 101st Teachers in pre-primary education, male 1,650 2025 down 63.8% 47th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 55,261 2025 up 33.3% 28th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2019 up 6.7% 88th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.7% 2100 down 44.9% 61st Number of adults with no formal education by region 224,000 people 2100 down 46.7% 50th Population by level of education 7.73 million people 2100 up 16.0% 66th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.903 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.2% 123rd Repeaters, primary, female 7.3% 2019 down 49.1% 39th Repeaters, primary, male 7.9% 2019 down 46.4% 46th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 13.7 years 2024 up 6.5% 107th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 13.44 years 2024 up 8.8% 89th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% 124th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 88.6% 2019 down 3.4% 152nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 110.0% 2025 up 2.5% 6th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 108.9% 2025 down 7.4% 9th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.99 GPIA 2025 down 9.0% 142nd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 45,600 number 2019 up 30.8% 28th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 21.1% 2019 up 15.5% 78th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 36.8% 2019 up 11.3% 78th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.16 GPIA 2019 up 80.2% 82nd Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 0.9962 GPIA 2016 down 6.1% 129th School enrollment, primary 96.3% 2019 down 2.9% 54th ← Previous Page 8 of 38 Next →