Education in Nepal 2,268 indicators covering education for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 73.4% 2016 up 15.2% 130th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 73.7% 2016 up 23.2% 117th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 0.9987 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% 190th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 25.2% 2004 down 41.3% 19th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 14.0% 2004 down 45.3% 35th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 66.2% 2019 up 41.0% 70th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 98.2% 2025 up 12.3% 38th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 54.2% 2019 up 75.4% 73rd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 80.7% 2019 up 21.3% 66th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 0.67 GPIA 2019 up 44.2% 72nd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 5.7% 2019 up 95.1% 85th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 68.7% 2019 up 23.7% 74th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 59.4% 2019 up 37.1% 74th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 79.8% 2019 up 12.9% 69th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 94.2% 2019 up 14.6% 61st Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.75 GPIA 2019 up 22.3% 73rd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 96.8% 2019 up 6.4% 51st Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 0.95 GPIA 2019 up 14.0% 76th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 75.7% 2019 up 8.3% 103rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 18,469 2023 up 76.6% 19th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 62,488 2023 up 179.3% 7th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 23,335 2023 up 396.3% 3rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 317 2023 up 39.6% 65th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 335 2023 up 64.2% 108th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 8 2023 down 38.5% 98th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 9,356 2023 up 131.4% 2nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 27 2023 up 8.0% 41st Trained teachers in primary education 95.8% 2025 down 1.6% 63rd Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 81st Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 5th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 39.2% 119th Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 25.4% 2020 up 92.9% 50th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.6% 2023 up 130.5% 4th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 92.1% 2019 up 21.4% 72nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 41.4% 130th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 7.3% 86th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 0.9262 GPI 2019 down 6.1% 176th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 5 2023 down 37.5% 146th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 4 2023 down 33.3% 145th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 63.5% 163rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 4.1% 2023 up 178.3% 79th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.2% 2023 up 76.0% 88th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.5% 2023 up 394.4% 16th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 30.8% 181st Share of primary school teachers who are women 54.7% 2025 up 30.2% 176th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 37.7% 183rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 11.4% 21st Share of students studying abroad 18.7% 2023 up 176.4% 40th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 62,642 2025 down 70.8% 25th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 7 2025 up 75.0% 155th End month of the academic school year 4 2025 unchanged 213th Enrolment in primary education, female 2.01 million number 2019 down 15.1% 40th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 101.3% 2025 up 10.8% 26th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 95.3% 2025 up 13.9% 58th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.06 GPIA 2025 down 2.4% 60th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 13.0% 2016 down 52.1% 22nd Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 56,552 2025 down 21.2% 23rd Over-age students, primary 28.0% 2019 down 9.2% 8th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 48,993 2025 down 13.5% 23rd ← Previous Page 9 of 38 Next →