Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Nepal
Nepal: Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational was 2.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Nepal, 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Nepal is 2.2%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.4% on the previous year and up 180.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Nepal peaked at 6.7% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2017.
That places Nepal 146th out of 168 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6.7% | — |
| 2000 | 4.3% | -36.6% |
| 2001 | 3.8% | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 3.3% | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | -29.5% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | +54.6% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -25.4% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -34.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -54.9% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | +236.1% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | +45.8% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | -54.6% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | +27.4% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | +25.5% |
| 2025 | 2.2% | -10.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 2.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.1%, 20% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 2.2% is below the median for South Asia, which is 8.5%, 26% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +236.1% | 0.8% | 2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 1.7% | 4.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 0.8% | 2.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 1.8% | 3.9% | 6 |
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 share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Nepal?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Nepal was 2.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2017.
- How does Nepal rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Nepal ranks 146th out of 168 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 180.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release