Primary completion rate, female in Nepal
Nepal: Primary completion rate, female was 108.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary 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, primary completion rate, female in Nepal stood at 108.9%.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Nepal peaked at 124.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 40.7%, in 1992.
Nepal ranks 8th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 40.7% | — |
| 1999 | 52.6% | +29.0% |
| 2000 | 54.9% | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 56.6% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 60.8% | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 61.6% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 62.0% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 66.1% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 70.6% | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 78.6% | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 109.8% | +39.8% |
| 2013 | 110.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 114.0% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 117.5% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 123.6% | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 120.7% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 124.4% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 98.4% | -20.9% |
| 2022 | 97.3% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 117.6% | +20.9% |
| 2024 | 112.6% | -4.3% |
| 2025 | 108.9% | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.7% | 40.7% | 52.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 63.9% | 54.9% | 78.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 117.1% | 109.8% | 124.4% | 7 |
| 2020s | 107.0% | 97.3% | 117.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 111.3% compare
- 6 Hungary 110.0% compare
- 7 Tonga 109.8% compare
- 9 Cayman Islands 108.8% compare
- 10 Montenegro 108.7% compare
- 11 Tuvalu 108.2% compare
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 primary completion rate, female in Nepal?
- Primary completion rate, female in Nepal was 108.9% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 124.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.7% in 1992.
- How does Nepal rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Nepal ranks 8th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. 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 Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.