Upper secondary completion in Nepal

In Nepal, 35.9% of young people had completed upper 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, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2001 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Nepal, 2021 35.9% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +8.6percentage points 2019: 27.3%

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2001 to 2021
Period Nepal
2021 35.9%
2019 27.3%
2016 31.6%
2014 30.6%
2011 29.5%
2007 6.9%
2001 5.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 27.3% in 2019, a change of +8.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2001, when it was 5.4%, the figure has changed by +30.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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