Lower secondary completion in Nepal

In Nepal, 77.7% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2001 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Nepal, 2021 77.7% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +4.6percentage points 2019: 73.1%

Lower secondary completion in Nepal over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2001 to 2021
Period Nepal
2021 77.7%
2019 73.1%
2016 69.5%
2014 65.6%
2011 59.6%
2007 42.3%
2001 30.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 73.1% in 2019, a change of +4.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2001, when it was 30.6%, the figure has changed by +47.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2021 for Nepal
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org