Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Nepal
Nepal: Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) was 110.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Nepal, 1992–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 110.0% for primary completion rate, male in 2025.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Nepal peaked at 116.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 70.7%, in 1999.
Nepal ranks 6th 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, male (% of relevant age group) in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 70.8% | — |
| 1999 | 70.7% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 73.5% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 70.8% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 75.4% | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 74.3% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 74.7% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 77.3% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 79.2% | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 81.3% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 102.6% | +26.2% |
| 2013 | 102.9% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 104.7% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 107.3% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 112.8% | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 109.5% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 112.8% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 103.6% | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 105.4% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 116.4% | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 111.9% | -3.8% |
| 2025 | 110.0% | -1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, male (% 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 | +26.2% | 81.3% | 102.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.7% | 70.7% | 70.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 75.8% | 70.8% | 81.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 107.5% | 102.6% | 112.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 109.5% | 103.6% | 116.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
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, male in Nepal?
- Primary completion rate, male in Nepal was 110.0% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 116.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.7% in 1999.
- How does Nepal rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Nepal ranks 6th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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, male (% 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.