Lower secondary completion rate, female in Nepal
Nepal: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 101.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Nepal, 1992–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2025, lower secondary completion rate, female in Nepal stood at 101.3%.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Nepal peaked at 103.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24.6%, in 1992.
That places Nepal 22nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 24.6% | — |
| 1999 | 30.1% | +22.5% |
| 2000 | 33.6% | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 35.4% | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 38.5% | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 39.1% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 53.7% | +37.4% |
| 2010 | 66.9% | +24.6% |
| 2011 | 69.7% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 77.2% | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 82.5% | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 87.5% | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 91.4% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 94.6% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 98.5% | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 103.5% | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 100.9% | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 97.0% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 101.0% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 103.7% | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 102.2% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 101.3% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.3% | 24.6% | 30.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 40.0% | 33.6% | 53.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 85.8% | 66.9% | 103.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 101.0% | 97.0% | 103.7% | 6 |
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More education data for Nepal
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 86,127 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 71,329 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 358,140 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 12.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 274,913 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 5.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Nepal?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Nepal was 101.3% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 103.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.6% in 1992.
- How does Nepal rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Nepal ranks 22nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.