Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … male in Nepal
Nepal: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … male was 97.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Nepal, 2008–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 97.7% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Nepal peaked at 97.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 57.9%, in 2008.
That places Nepal 38th out of 106 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … male in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 57.9% | — |
| 2010 | 64.7% | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 82.2% | +26.9% |
| 2013 | 81.2% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 80.5% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 85.8% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 85.2% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 84.9% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 85.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 85.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 92.8% | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 92.9% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 97.7% | +5.2% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 97.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 92.0%, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 97.7% is above the median for South Asia, which is 94.7%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … male 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +26.9% | 64.7% | 82.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.9% | 57.9% | 57.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 80.6% | 64.7% | 85.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 90.7% | 85.0% | 97.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More education data for Nepal
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1204 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Nepal?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Nepal was 97.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 97.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.9% in 2008.
- How does Nepal rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Nepal ranks 38th out of 106 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in secondary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release