Nepal
South Asia · Lower middle income· 29.65M inhabitants
Last updated: November 1, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Nepal
Nepal lags behind global peers in Governance (39, 39th percentile), Human Capital (36, 26th percentile), and Innovation (34, 34th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
50.31
48th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity86.29
Above global avg. · 78th %-tile
Infrastructure56.18
Near the global average · 36th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance38.79
Below global avg. · 39th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Human Capital36.23
Below global avg. · 26th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation34.04
Below global avg. · 34th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: South Asia
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 1 | Nepal | 50.31 |
| 96 | 2 | Maldives | 49.96 |
| 98 | 3 | India | 49.64 |
| 101 | 4 | Sri Lanka | 49.02 |
| 119 | 5 | Bhutan | 40.54 |
| 122 | 6 | Bangladesh | 37.60 |
| 142 | 7 | Pakistan | 28.78 |
| 171 | 8 | Afghanistan | 17.80 |