Primary school completion rate in Nepal
The primary completion rate in Nepal was 109.4% in 2025.
Nepal, 2025
109.4%
Change from 2024
−2.8percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in Nepal over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109.4% | – |
| 2024 | 112.2% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 117.0% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 101.5% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 101.1% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | – | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 118.5% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | – | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 115.0% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 118.1% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 112.3% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 109.2% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 106.3% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 106.1% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | – | 87.8% |
| 2010 | – | 88.5% |
| 2009 | – | 89.0% |
| 2008 | 80.0% | 88.2% |
| 2007 | – | 86.5% |
| 2006 | 75.0% | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 71.8% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 68.5% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 68.1% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | 68.2% | 83.3% |
| 2001 | 63.8% | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.8 percentage points from 112.2% in 2024.
- Since 2013, when it was 106.3%, the figure has changed by +3.1 percentage points.
More for Nepal
All statistics for Nepal
Primary school enrolment (gross)
128.6%
2025 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
90.4%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
30.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
86.1%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
77.7%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
35.9%
2021 · UNESCO UIS