Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) (enrolment both) in Nepal
Nepal: Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) (enrolment both) was 99.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Nepal, 1983–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Nepal stood at 99.2%.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Nepal peaked at 99.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 57.2%, in 1983.
That places Nepal 38th out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) (enrolment both) in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 57.2% | — |
| 1984 | 58.6% | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 64.9% | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 63.5% | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 69.1% | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 76.5% | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 78.5% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 98.3% | +25.3% |
| 2012 | 98.7% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.6% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 98.7% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 99.4% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 99.8% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 99.4% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 98.0% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 98.0% | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 99.2% | +1.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 99.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 94.1%, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 99.2% is above the median for South Asia, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) (enrolment both) 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 | +25.3% | 78.5% | 98.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60.2% | 57.2% | 64.9% | 3 |
| 1990s | 63.5% | 63.5% | 63.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 74.7% | 69.1% | 78.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 98.3% | 99.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 98.9% | 98.0% | 99.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More education data for Nepal
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.55 (2025)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.24 (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Nepal?
- Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Nepal was 99.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.2% in 1983.
- How does Nepal rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes?
- Nepal ranks 38th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release