World Bank · Education
Nepal: School enrollment, tertiary
21.29percent · 2024+60.8% since 2014
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level. Annual figures for Nepal from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.292 | |
| 2023 | 19.036 | |
| 2022 | 14.844 | |
| 2021 | 15.243 | |
| 2020 | 14.2 | |
| 2019 | 13.807 | |
| 2018 | 12.614 | |
| 2017 | 11.436 | |
| 2016 | 11.093 | |
| 2015 | 12.283 | |
| 2014 | 13.238 | |
| 2013 | 15.472 | |
| 2011 | 13.287 | |
| 2010 | 13.324 | |
| 2009 | 10.447 | |
| 2008 | 10.475 | |
| 2007 | 9.504 | |
| 2006 | 7.627 | |
| 2005 | 7.154 | |
| 2004 | 5.695 | |
| 2003 | 4.911 | |
| 2002 | 4.988 | |
| 2001 | 4.41 | |
| 2000 | 4.122 | |
| 1996 | 4.73 | |
| 1995 | 4.264 | |
| 1994 | 4.647 | |
| 1993 | 4.959 | |
| 1992 | 5.172 | |
| 1991 | 5.65 | |
| 1990 | 4.943 | |
| 1989 | 5.506 | |
| 1988 | 5.255 | |
| 1987 | 4.704 | |
| 1986 | 4.535 | |
| 1985 | 3.222 | |
| 1984 | 3.371 | |
| 1983 | 3.002 | |
| 1982 | 3.322 | |
| 1981 | 3.359 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →
Cite or download
World Bank (2026). School enrollment, tertiary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-tertiary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
School enrollment, tertiary in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands, British
- Virgin Islands, U.S.
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Rank Nepal against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.