NationMaster - Nepalese Education statistics

Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	2.61 % of GNI	...	[137th of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults	2.4		[93rd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	5 years		[167th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5		[138th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[156th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.4%		[99th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	14.9%		[50th of 96]
Education spending (% Primary)	61.5%		[4th of 110]
Education spending (% Secondary)	22.1%		[99th of 107]
Education spending (% Tertiary)	10.3%		[95th of 108]
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita	12.41 %	...	[63rd of 101]
Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita	10.46 %	...	[72nd of 93]
Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita	71.13 %	...	[12th of 81]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	44.1%		[159th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	41%		[147th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	68.132		[110th of 191]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female > % of relevant age group	104.51 %	...	[37th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male > % of relevant age group	114.96 %	...	[26th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group	109.88 %	...	[31st of 157]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal

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