School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal
Nepal: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9653 GPIA in 2025. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal, 1970β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal is 0.9653 GPIA, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal peaked at 1.07 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1842 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Nepal 166th out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1842 GPIA | 0.1842 GPIA | 0.1842 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4489 GPIA | 0.3866 GPIA | 0.5574 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.6687 GPIA | 0.5905 GPIA | 0.7474 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8983 GPIA | 0.7677 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 0.9635 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
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, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal was 0.9653 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1842 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Nepal rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Nepal ranks 166th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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, 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