Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Nepal
Nepal: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education was 66.3% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 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 population age 50-54 with no education in Nepal stood at 66.3%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Nepal peaked at 99.3% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 66.3%, in 2010.
That places Nepal 12th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 99.3% | — |
| 1965 | 98.5% | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 97.6% | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 96.5% | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 93.8% | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 88.5% | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 81.2% | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 79.2% | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 76.2% | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 71.8% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 66.3% | -7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98.9% | 98.5% | 99.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 97.0% | 96.5% | 97.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 91.2% | 88.5% | 93.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 80.2% | 79.2% | 81.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 74.0% | 71.8% | 76.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 66.3% | 66.3% | 66.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More education data for Nepal
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Nepal?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Nepal was 66.3% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.3% in 2010.
- How does Nepal rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education?
- Nepal ranks 12th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. 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 population age 50-54 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education