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Education
· Nepal
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
Unit
%
Latest
68.7 (2019)
Coverage
1981–2021
Sources
1 in this build
Data table
| Year | Nepal (%) |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 20.57 |
| 1991 | 32.98 |
| 2001 | 48.61 |
| 2008 | 55.56 |
| 2011 | 59.63 |
| 2016 | 65.5 |
| 2017 | 66.87 |
| 2019 | 68.71 |
Per-source values, 2019
| Source | Dataset | Value | Year | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNESCO Institute for Statistics | UIS | 68.71 | 2019 | 2026-08-08 |
Caveats
Self-reported or assessed in irregular census/survey years, not annual; Nepal has seen large gains since the 1980s from a low base.