Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Nepal
Gross secondary school enrolment in Nepal was 90.4% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1981.
Nepal, 2024
90.4%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
77.3%
Secondary school enrolment (gross) 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 official secondary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 90.4% | 77.3% |
| 2023 | 89.9% | 77.2% |
| 2022 | 84.1% | 77.5% |
| 2021 | 83.9% | 77.3% |
| 2020 | 85.3% | 76.5% |
| 2019 | 80.3% | 76.0% |
| 2018 | – | 75.5% |
| 2017 | 74.4% | 74.9% |
| 2016 | 71.8% | 75.2% |
| 2015 | 68.6% | 75.0% |
| 2014 | 67.5% | 74.9% |
| 2013 | 65.5% | 74.0% |
| 2012 | 63.1% | 72.7% |
| 2011 | 59.0% | 71.9% |
| 2010 | 55.6% | 70.9% |
| 2009 | 49.3% | 69.4% |
| 2008 | 48.0% | 68.3% |
| 2007 | 42.1% | 66.8% |
| 2006 | 42.5% | 65.4% |
| 2005 | 45.1% | 64.4% |
| 2004 | – | 63.5% |
| 2003 | 42.1% | 62.4% |
| 2002 | 41.1% | 61.6% |
| 2001 | 37.4% | 60.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 89.9% in 2023.
- Since 2013, when it was 65.5%, the figure has changed by +24.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 77.3%.
More for Nepal
All statistics for Nepal
Primary school enrolment (gross)
128.6%
2025 · World Bank
Tertiary education enrolment (gross)
21.3%
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