Nepal - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Nepal was 5.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 5.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 5.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 5.00
1971 5.00
1981 5.00
1982 5.00
1983 5.00
1984 5.00
1985 5.00
1986 5.00
1987 5.00
1988 5.00
1989 5.00
1990 5.00
1991 5.00
1992 5.00
1993 5.00
1994 5.00
1995 5.00
1996 5.00
1997 5.00
1998 5.00
1999 5.00
2000 5.00
2001 5.00
2002 5.00
2003 5.00
2004 5.00
2005 5.00
2006 5.00
2007 5.00
2008 5.00
2009 5.00
2010 5.00
2011 5.00
2012 5.00
2013 5.00
2014 5.00
2015 5.00
2016 5.00
2017 5.00
2018 5.00
2019 5.00
2020 5.00
2021 5.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Nepal was 3,970,016 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,951,956 in 2011 and a minimum value of 389,825 in 1970.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 389,825
1972 393,269
1973 418,155
1974 470,365
1975 542,524
1976 643,835
1977 769,049
1978 875,494
1979 1,012,530
1980 1,067,912
1981 1,388,001
1982 1,474,698
1983 1,626,437
1984 1,747,857
1985 1,812,098
1986 1,857,658
1987 1,952,504
1988 2,108,739
1989 2,526,147
1990 2,788,644
1991 2,884,275
1992 3,034,710
1993 3,091,684
1994 3,191,614
1995 3,263,050
1996 3,447,607
1997 3,460,756
1999 3,587,665
2000 3,780,314
2001 3,623,150
2002 3,853,618
2003 3,928,684
2004 4,025,692
2005 4,030,045
2006 4,502,697
2007 4,515,059
2008 4,418,713
2009 4,782,313
2010 4,900,665
2011 4,951,956
2012 4,782,885
2013 4,576,693
2014 4,401,780
2015 4,335,355
2016 4,264,942
2017 4,135,253
2019 3,970,016

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Nepal was 50.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 50.78 in 2015, while its lowest value was 14.00 in 1973.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 14.90
1972 17.06
1973 14.00
1974 14.74
1975 15.48
1976 20.08
1977 22.06
1978 23.77
1979 26.74
1980 28.05
1981 26.93
1982 27.59
1983 28.00
1984 29.21
1985 29.89
1986 30.12
1987 30.54
1988 31.84
1989 34.65
1990 36.00
1991 37.21
1992 38.28
1993 38.68
1994 39.43
1995 39.89
1996 40.65
1999 41.91
2000 42.62
2001 44.09
2002 44.80
2003 45.39
2004 45.40
2005 46.28
2006 47.41
2007 48.31
2008 48.88
2009 49.46
2010 50.07
2011 50.37
2012 50.43
2013 50.47
2014 50.66
2015 50.78
2016 50.77
2017 50.45
2019 50.61

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Nepal was 201,296 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 201,296 in 2020 and a minimum value of 17,526 in 1974.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 17,988
1972 20,467
1973 20,084
1974 17,526
1975 18,874
1976 20,775
1977 23,395
1978 24,652
1979 26,384
1980 27,805
1981 29,134
1982 32,259
1983 38,131
1984 46,484
1985 51,266
1986 53,405
1987 55,207
1988 57,204
1989 63,945
1990 71,213
1991 74,495
1992 77,948
1993 79,590
1994 81,544
1995 82,645
1996 89,378
1997 91,464
1999 91,878
2000 99,382
2001 97,879
2002 96,659
2003 110,173
2004 112,360
2005 101,483
2007 112,827
2008 116,846
2009 143,574
2010 153,536
2011 167,216
2012 173,714
2013 178,534
2014 183,922
2015 187,684
2016 190,219
2017 197,797
2019 201,075
2020 201,296

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Nepal was 47.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 47.42 in 2020, while its lowest value was 7.95 in 1977.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1976 8.21
1977 7.95
1979 9.79
1980 9.64
1983 9.19
1988 10.78
1991 13.70
1992 14.99
1993 16.05
1999 22.51
2000 23.75
2001 25.31
2002 25.27
2003 28.64
2004 29.14
2005 30.10
2007 32.04
2008 35.50
2009 38.61
2010 39.63
2011 42.25
2012 42.24
2013 41.54
2014 41.64
2015 41.89
2016 42.26
2017 43.96
2019 44.60
2020 47.42

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes