Literacy in Nepal

Demographics Age (% in 2021)

Adult	71.15	WB + 1 other
Youth	0.98	WB

Gender (% in 2021)

Male	80.98	WB
Female	63.33	WB

Asia (%)

Uzbekistan	100 in 2022	WB + 1 other
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	100 in 2018	WB
Kazakhstan	99.8 in 2020	WB + 1 other
Tajikistan	99.8 in 2014	UNDP + 1 other
Azerbaijan	99.8 in 2019	WB + 1 other
Armenia	99.79 in 2020	WB + 1 other
Turkmenistan	99.7 in 2014	UNDP + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan	99.6 in 2019	WB + 1 other
Georgia	99.57 in 2022	WB + 1 other
Mongolia	99.18 in 2020	WB + 1 other
Republic of Korea	98.8 in 2018	WB
Maldives	97.86 in 2021	WB + 1 other
China	97.15 in 2020	WB + 1 other
Sri Lanka	92.43 in 2021	WB + 1 other
India	76.32 in 2022	WB + 1 other
Bangladesh	74.91 in 2020	WB + 1 other
Bhutan	72.1 in 2022	WB + 1 other
Nepal	71.15 in 2021	WB + 1 other
Pakistan	58 in 2019	WB + 1 other
Afghanistan	37.27 in 2021	WB + 1 other

Education Indicators

Completion Rate	101.38 % in 2022	WB
Duration	5 years in 2022	WB
Educational Attainment	24.72 % in 2019	WB
Enrollment Rate	118.8 % in 2022	WB
Intake Rate Gross Primary Education		3 timeseries
Literacy	71.15 % in 2021	WB + 1 other
Not in Education	1.01 % in 2022	WB
Pupil–Teacher Ratio	19.74 ratio in 2019	WB
School Life Expectancy Average		1 timeseries
Starting Age	10 years in 2022	WB