Qualified primary teachers in Nepal
In Nepal, 95.8% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2016.
Nepal, 2025
95.8%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
Qualified primary teachers in Nepal over time
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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nepal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 95.8% |
| 2024 | 96.1% |
| 2023 | 98.1% |
| 2021 | 97.2% |
| 2020 | 97.2% |
| 2019 | 97.3% |
| 2017 | 97.3% |
| 2016 | 95.7% |
| 2015 | 97.4% |
| 2014 | 93.6% |
| 2013 | 90.9% |
| 2012 | 92.6% |
| 2011 | 100.0% |
| 2010 | 73.7% |
| 2008 | 66.4% |
| 2007 | 61.4% |
| 2005 | 30.5% |
| 2004 | 17.4% |
| 2003 | 16.2% |
| 2002 | 14.7% |
| 2001 | 15.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 96.1% in 2024.
- Since 2013, when it was 90.9%, the figure has changed by +4.9 percentage points.
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Upper secondary completion
35.9%
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Out-of-school children
0.8%
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Out-of-school adolescents
0.7%
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