Nepal literacy rate for 2019 was 68.71%, a 1.84% increase from 2017.
Nepal literacy rate for 2017 was 66.87%, a 1.37% increase from 2016.
Nepal literacy rate for 2016 was 65.50%, a 5.87% increase from 2011.
Nepal literacy rate for 2011 was 59.63%, a 4.07% increase from 2008.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Nepal Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2019.