School enrollment, primary (% net)
Ratio of children of official primary-school age who are enrolled in primary school to the total population of official primary-school age.
Data table
| Year | Nepal (% (net enrolment ratio)) |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 58.94 |
| 1984 | 60.13 |
| 1988 | 66.07 |
| 1999 | 65.86 |
| 2000 | 72.11 |
| 2003 | 79.87 |
| 2004 | 80.52 |
| 2011 | 99.14 |
| 2012 | 99.71 |
| 2014 | 98.79 |
| 2015 | 98.1 |
| 2016 | 98.18 |
| 2017 | 96.33 |
| 2019 | 96.3 |
| 2020 | 99.35 |
| 2021 | 99.76 |
| 2022 | 99.37 |
| 2023 | 97.99 |
| 2024 | 97.97 |
| 2025 | 99.24 |
Per-source values, 2025
| Source | Dataset | Value | Year | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNESCO Institute for Statistics | UIS | 99.24 | 2025 | 2026-08-09 |
| World Bank | WDI | 96.3 | 2019 | 2026-08-09 |
Sources currently disagree by about 2.35 percentage points for this indicator and geography. Both figures are shown below rather than one being picked as correct.
96.3–98.7 % (net enrolment ratio) two sources differ by 2.35 percentage points
Why do these differ, and what each source reported
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.
World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0)
- Dataset
- WDI
- Snapshot
- 2026-08-09 · Fresh
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Cadence
- quarterly
4a6c70c · open data.worldbank.org ↗
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), https://uis.unesco.org, extracted 2026-08-09. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 -- adaptations/derived figures must be shared under the same licence.
- Dataset
- UIS
- Snapshot
- 2026-08-09 · Fresh
- Licence
- CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Cadence
- quarterly
4a6c70c · open uis.unesco.org ↗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.