Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Nepal
Nepal: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 48.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Nepal, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Nepal stood at 48.0%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Nepal peaked at 99.6% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 48.0%, in 2010.
That places Nepal 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 99.6% | — |
| 1965 | 99.2% | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 98.3% | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 97.5% | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 96.5% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 90.2% | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 82.0% | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 77.5% | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 68.2% | -12.0% |
| 2005 | 58.6% | -14.0% |
| 2010 | 48.0% | -18.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 97.9% | 97.5% | 98.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 93.3% | 90.2% | 96.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 79.8% | 77.5% | 82.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 63.4% | 58.6% | 68.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 48.0% | 48.0% | 48.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 16 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 52.9% compare
- 17 Togo 52.5% compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 50.7% compare
- 20 Rwanda 47.5% compare
- 21 India 47.2% compare
- 22 Papua New Guinea 46.4% compare
More education data for Nepal
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 124,257 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 263,796 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 752,326 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 609,324 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.67 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.57 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1204 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Nepal?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Nepal was 48.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.0% in 2010.
- How does Nepal rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Nepal ranks 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education