Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Nepal
Nepal: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 20.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Nepal, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Nepal is 20.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 59.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Nepal peaked at 32.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12.5%, in 2014.
Nepal ranks 72nd of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.1% | 12.5% | 17.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 15.7% | 32.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More education data for Nepal
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 128.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 157,456 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.96 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 126.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Nepal?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Nepal was 20.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 32.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5% in 2014.
- How does Nepal rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Nepal ranks 72nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.