India vs Nepal: Share of the population with at least some formal education

India

79.4%

in 2020

Nepal

79.5%

in 2020

India rank

93rd

Nepal rank

92nd

Share of the population with at least some formal education over time

Nepal currently reports 79.5% against 79.4% in India, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was India ahead.

India ranks 93rd and Nepal ranks 92nd of 111 countries.

Indicator: Share of the population with at least some formal education
Unit: %
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 3,441 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Based on the population aged 15 years and older.