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Nepal: Primary school starting age

5years · 20250.0% since 2015

Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. Annual figures for Nepal from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
20255
20245
20235
20225
20215
20205
20195
20185
20175
20165
20155
20145
20135
20125
20115
20105
20095
20085
20075
20065
20055
20045
20035
20026
20016
20006
19996
19986
19976
19966
19956
19946
19936
19926
19916
19906
19896
19886
19876
19866
19856
19846
19836
19826
19816
19716
19706

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 school starting age. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-school-starting-age (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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