Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nepal
Nepal: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 98.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nepal, 1988–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2025, lower secondary completion rate, total in Nepal stood at 98.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Nepal peaked at 103.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.3%, in 1988.
That places Nepal 34th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 30.3% | — |
| 1991 | 33.3% | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 36.2% | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 37.4% | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 40.8% | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 44.3% | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 45.9% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 45.1% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 56.2% | +24.9% |
| 2010 | 67.1% | +19.4% |
| 2011 | 69.3% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 75.8% | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 80.1% | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 84.5% | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 87.5% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 90.4% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 94.9% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 99.8% | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 95.2% | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 100.7% | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 103.5% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 101.5% | -1.9% |
| 2025 | 98.2% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30.3% | 30.3% | 30.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 35.6% | 33.3% | 37.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 46.5% | 40.8% | 56.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 83.3% | 67.1% | 99.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 99.7% | 95.2% | 103.5% | 6 |
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More education data for Nepal
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 157,456 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Nepal?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nepal was 98.2% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 103.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.3% in 1988.
- How does Nepal rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Nepal ranks 34th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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, total (% 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.