Preprimary education, duration in Nepal
Nepal: Preprimary education, duration was 2 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Preprimary education, duration in Nepal, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 2 years for preprimary education, duration in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Nepal peaked at 3 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2 years, in 2003.
That places Nepal 166th out of 202 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.3 years | 2 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2 years | 2 years | 2 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2 years | 2 years | 2 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 166 Bahamas 2 years compare
- 166 Belize 2 years compare
- 166 Benin 2 years compare
- 166 Bolivia 2 years compare
- 166 Cameroon 2 years compare
- 166 Djibouti 2 years compare
- 166 Egypt 2 years compare
- 166 Eritrea 2 years compare
- 166 Guyana 2 years compare
- 166 Iraq 2 years compare
- 166 Jordan 2 years compare
- 166 Kuwait 2 years compare
- 166 Libya 2 years compare
- 166 Malaysia 2 years compare
- 166 Malta 2 years compare
- 166 Namibia 2 years compare
- 166 Pakistan 2 years compare
- 166 Samoa 2 years compare
- 166 Seychelles 2 years compare
- 166 Sri Lanka 2 years compare
- 166 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 years compare
- 166 Sudan 2 years compare
- 166 Suriname 2 years compare
- 166 Switzerland 2 years compare
- 166 Tonga 2 years compare
- 166 Trinidad and Tobago 2 years compare
- 166 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 years compare
- 166 Vanuatu 2 years compare
- 166 Palestine 2 years compare
- 166 Zimbabwe 2 years compare
More education data for Nepal
- Population ages 0-14 28.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 128.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 157,456 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female 126.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male 130.6% (2025)
- Labor force, female 37.6% (2025)
- Labor force, total 8.36 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Nepal?
- Preprimary education, duration in Nepal was 2 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 3 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 years in 2003.
- How does Nepal rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Nepal ranks 166th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Preprimary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.