School enrollment, primary (% net)

Indicator id: school_enrolment_primary · Unit: % (net enrolment ratio) · Coverage: 1971-2025

Ratio of children of official primary-school age who are enrolled in primary school to the total population of official primary-school age.

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SE.PRM.NENR (https://data.worldbank.org)
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics -- dataset UIS, code NERT.1.CP (https://uis.unesco.org)

Reconciliation note: UIS NERT.1.CP ("adjusted net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes") is the same underlying UIS methodology the World Bank republishes as SE.PRM.NENR -- close agreement is expected. UIS's snapshot for Nepal runs through 2025 (vs. the Bank's 2019 cutoff here), so UIS is also the more current of the two; a gap beyond recon_threshold_pct in an overlapping year is worth flagging rather than assuming reporting lag alone explains it.

Caveats

Net enrolment ratio; capped at 100% by definition. Verified live for Nepal (~96-99% through 2014-2019); recent years often lag in World Bank reporting -- UIS (coverage through 2025) fills that gap.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 4.1 -- Ensure free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education
Topic: Education
Themes: education

Also known as

"primary school enrolment", "primary enrolment", "children in primary school"

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