Primary completion rate, total in Nepal
Nepal: Primary completion rate, total was 109.4% in 2025. β² Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Nepal, 1988β2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, total in Nepal is 109.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Nepal peaked at 118.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 45.4%, in 1988.
Nepal ranks 6th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 45.4% | 45.4% | 45.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 56.4% | 51.2% | 61.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 70.0% | 63.8% | 80.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 112.2% | 106.1% | 118.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 108.2% | 101.1% | 117.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 3 Antigua and Barbuda 123.4% compare
- 4 Fiji, Republic of 116.3% compare
- 5 Vanuatu 113.4% compare
- 7 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 109.0% compare
- 8 Hungary 108.9% compare
- 9 Tonga 108.1% compare
More aid effectiveness data for Nepal
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 4.30 million current US$ (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita 39.51 current US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance received 1.17 billion constant 2023 US$ (2023)
- Net ODA received 2.8% (2023)
- Net ODA received 9.2% (2023)
- Net official development assistance received 1.17 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 1.17 billion constant 2023 US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 1.17 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP 6.60 million current US$ (2022)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF 7.02 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Nepal?
- Primary completion rate, total in Nepal was 109.4% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 118.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.4% in 1988.
- How does Nepal rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Nepal ranks 6th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.