Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Nepal
Gross tertiary enrolment in Nepal was 21.3% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1981.
Nepal, 2024
21.3%
Change from 2023
+2.3percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Tertiary education 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 population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.3% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 19.0% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 15.2% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 14.2% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 13.8% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 12.6% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 11.1% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 12.3% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | – | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 13.3% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 10.5% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 9.5% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 7.6% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 7.2% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 5.0% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 4.4% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.3 percentage points from 19.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 13.2%, the figure has changed by +8.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.
More for Nepal
All statistics for Nepal
Primary school enrolment (gross)
128.6%
2025 · 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
Out-of-school children
0.8%
2025 · UNESCO UIS