Nepal: Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 8.86 percentage points from 33.02% in 2010. Since 2000 it is down 115.3 percentage points from 139.46% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.46 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 36.83 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Nepal in the 2015 ranking

• Jamaica — 4th of 8: 36.59%
• Brazil — 5th of 8: 33.04%
• Portugal — 6th of 8: 26.91%
• Tajikistan — 8th of 8: 19.57%

What this measures

Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 11 values

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 29.9% (2016)

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Nepal's government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)?

24.16% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is down 115.3 percentage points from 139.46% in 2000. The highest value was 139.46% in 2000 and the lowest 22.29% in 2013.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TERT.PC.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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