Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Nepal
Nepal: Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) 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 (% of relevant age group) 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% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Nepal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +39.8% | 78.6% | 109.8% |
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
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.55 (2025)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.24 (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 124,257 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 263,796 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 752,326 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 609,324 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.67 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.57 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (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.