Nepal — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Nepal, 1998–2024.
Education spending for Nepal was 3.69% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 27 years, from 1998 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 4.77% in 2017. The lowest was 2.89% in 1998 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.94% per year.
Nepal ranks 109 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for South Asia is 4.10%, so Nepal sits below it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 6%. Within South Asia it ranks 4 of 6 economies; Bangladesh (2.03%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 25% in 2001. That is 8% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 74 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 61st of 86 in 1998 → 83rd of 116 in 2000 → 77th of 130 in 2010 → 88th of 157 in 2020 → 27th of 39 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1998 to 2024
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.69% | -0.3 pp |
| 2023 | 3.96% | -0.2 pp |
| 2022 | 4.14% | -0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 4.43% | +0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 4.24% | +0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 3.89% | -0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 4.43% | -0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 4.77% | +0.9 pp |
| 2016 | 3.9% | +0.6 pp |
| 2015 | 3.26% | -0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 3.47% | +0.5 pp |
| 2013 | 3.02% | -0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 3.3% | -0.5 pp |
| 2011 | 3.84% | +0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 3.63% | -1.0 pp |
| 2009 | 4.66% | +0.9 pp |
| 2008 | 3.81% | +0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 3.52% | -0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 3.61% | +0.2 pp |
| 2005 | 3.36% | +0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 3.17% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 3.11% | -0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 3.15% | -0.6 pp |
| 2001 | 3.71% | +0.7 pp |
| 2000 | 2.98% | +0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 2.89% | +0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 2.89% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Nepal’s Education spending in 1999?
2.89% (1999). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Nepal’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1998 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +27.5% in total — about 0.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 3.69%; 2023: 3.96%; 2022: 4.14%; 2021: 4.43%; 2020: 4.24%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.