School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal
Nepal: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal peaked at 1.08 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2576 GPIA, in 1981.
That places Nepal 128th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3256 GPIA | 0.2576 GPIA | 0.4052 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5434 GPIA | 0.4301 GPIA | 0.6835 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.805 GPIA | 0.6951 GPIA | 0.9071 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPIA | 0.981 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Nepal
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 157,456 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 128.56 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 128.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2576 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Nepal rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Nepal ranks 128th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release