Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal
Nepal: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9653 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal, 1970–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal is 0.9653 index, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal peaked at 1.07 index in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1842 index, in 1970.
That places Nepal 170th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1842 index | — |
| 1981 | 0.3866 index | +109.9% |
| 1982 | 0.4001 index | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4073 index | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.432 index | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 0.4487 index | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 0.4538 index | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.4629 index | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.4916 index | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 0.5574 index | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 0.5905 index | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 0.6213 index | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 0.6491 index | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 0.659 index | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.6788 index | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.691 index | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7122 index | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7474 index | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 0.7677 index | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.82 index | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8437 index | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8651 index | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8651 index | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8963 index | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.938 index | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9726 index | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9956 index | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 1.02 index | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1.04 index | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1.05 index | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1.06 index | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.06 index | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.06 index | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.07 index | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.07 index | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.06 index | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.06 index | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.04 index | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 1.03 index | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.01 index | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9635 index | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9967 index | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 0.9653 index | -3.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 0.9653 index is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 0.9653 index is below the median for South Asia, which is 1.04 index, 93% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +109.9% | 0.1842 index | 0.3866 index |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1842 index | 0.1842 index | 0.1842 index | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4489 index | 0.3866 index | 0.5574 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.6687 index | 0.5905 index | 0.7474 index | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8983 index | 0.7677 index | 1.02 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 index | 1.04 index | 1.07 index | 9 |
| 2020s | 1 index | 0.9635 index | 1.04 index | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Nepal was 0.9653 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 index in 2015.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1842 index in 1970.
- How does Nepal rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Nepal ranks 170th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.