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Key Achievements

  • In the 1950s, Nepal’s literacy rate was 2 percent. Only one in one thousand children went to school. Today almost all children go to school and live within 30 minutes of their school.
  • Nepal has reached gender parity in primary education.
  • In the early 1970s, Nepal’s road network spanned 2,700 kilometers.  Today it stretches over 80,000 kilometers.
  • A child born today can expect to live 25 years longer than one born in 1970.
  • Fewer than 1 in 1,000 Nepalis owned a telephone until 1970. Today, two in three Nepalis own a cell phone.
  • Until 1970, only five percent of Nepalis had piped water supply. Today, 85 percent of the rural population has access to clean water 81 percent has access to sanitation. 
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Key Achievements

  • In the 1950s, Nepal’s literacy rate was 2 percent. Only one in one thousand children went to school. Today almost all children go to school and live within 30 minutes of their school.
  • Nepal has reached gender parity in primary education.
  • In the early 1970s, Nepal’s road network spanned 2,700 kilometers.  Today it stretches over 80,000 kilometers.
  • A child born today can expect to live 25 years longer than one born in 1970.
  • Fewer than 1 in 1,000 Nepalis owned a telephone until 1970. Today, two in three Nepalis own a cell phone.
  • Until 1970, only five percent of Nepalis had piped water supply. Today, 85 percent of the rural population has access to clean water 81 percent has access to sanitation. 
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