What is the literacy rate of nepal?

Question

the literacy rate of nepal is 55%.

Answer 1

i dont belive that.

on my visit i saw loads of illitrate people.

crapy country and all

Answer 2

Please visit for more information at www.cbs.gov.np

It will give you a detail idea. It is an official site of Nepal Statistics. You can even download Nepal year book.

Answer 3

Seems you have answered your question but according to wiki, by the year 2004, rate increased to 44%.  Your 55% could be the current rate since Nepal worked hard to educate its people.

Answer 4

In Nepal, the adult (15+) literacy rate is 48.2, meaning that more than half of Nepal’s population cannot read and write. 66.4% are women.