Nepal's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) was 53.77% in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.93 percentage points from 55.7% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 53.77% | 2015 |
| Five years earlier | 55.7% | 2010 |
| Highest | 62.97% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 48.29% | 1999 |
| Average since 2008 | 56.48% | 2008–2015 |
| First recorded | 51.2% | 1998 |
Over five years it is down 1.93 percentage points from 55.7% in 2010. Since 1998 it is up 2.57 percentage points from 51.2% in 1998. The World Bank has no value for 4 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2015, Nepal's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) rose 0.3 percentage points on 2014 (from 53.47% to 53.77%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2014), the average change was −0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.74 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.27 percentage points in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2015 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.32 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 69% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2015, Nepal had the 4th highest value of the 12 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 53.77% | 2015 |
| South Asia | 41.04% | 2015 |
Closest to Nepal in the 2015 ranking
- Burkina Faso — 1st of 12: 57.87%
- Gambia, The — 2nd of 12: 55.84%
- Benin — 4th of 12: 49.81%
- Kenya — 5th of 12: 36.34%
- Luxembourg — 6th of 12: 31.6%
What this measures
Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 14 values
| Year | Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 53.77 |
| 2014 | 53.47 |
| 2013 | 54.79 |
| 2012 | 54.24 |
| 2011 | 54.51 |
| 2010 | 55.7 |
| 2009 | 62.97 |
| 2008 | 62.38 |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 | no data |
Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies
More education data for Nepal
- Primary education, pupils — 3.57 million (2025)
- Primary education, teachers — 157,456 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils — 3.67 million (2024)
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils (% female) — 50.61% (2019)
- Pupil-teacher ratio, primary — 19.74 (2019)
- Secondary education, teachers — 124,257 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nepal's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)?
- 53.77% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1998?
- It is up 2.57 percentage points from 51.2% in 1998. The highest value was 62.97% in 2009 and the lowest 48.29% in 1999.
- How does Nepal rank?
- 4th highest of 12 economies with data for 2015.
- Is the latest change in expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) unusual for Nepal?
- In 2015, Nepal's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) rose 0.3 percentage points on 2014 (from 53.47% to 53.77%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2014), the average change was −0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.PRIM.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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