School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal
Nepal: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8472 GPIA in 2025. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal, 1983β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2025, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal stood at 0.8472 GPIA.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal peaked at 0.974 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6358 GPIA, in 1983.
Nepal ranks 193rd of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6769 GPIA | 0.6358 GPIA | 0.7181 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.73 GPIA | 0.7079 GPIA | 0.752 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8529 GPIA | 0.7345 GPIA | 0.9562 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9623 GPIA | 0.937 GPIA | 0.974 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8945 GPIA | 0.8472 GPIA | 0.9272 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 190 Eswatini 0.8935 GPIA compare
- 191 Mozambique 0.8528 GPIA
- 192 Uzbekistan 0.8512 GPIA compare
- 194 Tajikistan 0.8255 GPIA compare
- 195 Bermuda 0.8206 GPIA compare
- 196 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.7976 GPIA compare
More education data for Nepal
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 128.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 157,456 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.96 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 126.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal was 0.8472 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.974 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6358 GPIA in 1983.
- How does Nepal rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Nepal ranks 193rd out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. 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 School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release