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Nepal: Primary education, pupils

50.61percent · 2019+3.5% since 2008

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Annual figures for Nepal from 1970 to 2019.

19772019

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201950.612
201750.448
201650.772
201550.776
201450.659
201350.472
201250.427
201150.373
201050.074
200949.461
200848.878
200748.31
200647.408
200546.278
200445.398
200345.393
200244.796
200144.093
200042.624
199941.913
199640.647
199539.89
199439.427
199338.682
199238.284
199137.213
199035.996
198934.647
198831.838
198730.54
198630.118
198529.891
198429.211
198328.002
198227.592
198126.926
198028.047
197926.739
197823.771
197722.058
197620.079
197515.485
197414.74
197314
197217.06
197014.902

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Primary education, pupils. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-education-pupils (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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