Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Nepal

Population with tertiary education in Nepal in 2017 — 5.82%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 96. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 3.48 pp.

2017 5.82% +1.26 pp vs 2011
World rank 75of 96
Period maximum 5.82%2017
Period minimum 2.34%2008

Trend over time

2008–2017 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Nepal, 2008–20172345620082009201020112012201320142015201620172008: 2.34%2011: 4.56%2017: 5.82%
Change over the period: +3.48 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2017

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nepal

Nepal 5.82%
South Asia computed 7.98%
Southern Asia computed 7.98%
Population with tertiary education — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 5.82
2011 4.56
2008 2.34

Southern Asia, 2017

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.