Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Nepal
Nepal: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Nepal, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 3.7% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Nepal peaked at 4.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 1998.
That places Nepal 120th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.0% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 117 Djibouti 3.8% compare
- 119 Ecuador 3.7% compare
- 121 Azerbaijan 3.7% compare
- 122 Aruba 3.6% compare
- 123 Cote d'Ivoire 3.6% compare
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 government spending on education as a share of gdp in Nepal?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Nepal was 3.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 1998.
- How does Nepal rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Nepal ranks 120th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.