Education in India 155 indicators covering education for India. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th Population ages 15-64 68.4% 2025 up 4.3% 41st Population ages 0-14 24.2% 2025 down 16.3% 101st Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 111.0% 2025 up 6.5% 34th Primary education, teachers 5.19 million 2025 up 18.0% 2nd School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% 2025 up 5.0% 31st School enrollment, primary, male 111.4% 2025 up 7.9% 36th Labor force, total 617.62 million 2025 up 23.4% 2nd Labor force, female 28.3% 2025 up 16.2% 166th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 down 1.6% 32nd School enrollment, secondary 79.6% 2025 up 6.7% 137th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.7% 92nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 30.0% 99th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.2 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 66th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 50.0% 74th Secondary education, teachers 7.31 million 2025 up 78.7% 2nd School enrollment, secondary, female 81.0% 2025 up 8.9% 140th School enrollment, secondary, male 78.3% 2025 up 4.7% 136th School enrollment, tertiary 34.4% 2025 up 26.2% 110th School enrollment, primary, private 45.1% 2020 up 29.0% 17th School enrollment, preprimary 51.7% 2021 — 118th School enrollment, tertiary, male 33.3% 2025 up 20.3% 98th School enrollment, tertiary, female 35.7% 2025 up 32.9% 113th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9696 GPI 2021 up 1.4% 147th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2025 up 10.0% 132nd Secondary education, teachers, female 3.61 million 2025 up 104.2% 2nd Primary completion rate, female 91.0% 2025 down 10.2% 116th Primary completion rate, male 89.6% 2025 down 9.1% 118th Government expenditure on education, total 4.1% 2022 up 6.0% 100th Secondary education, general pupils 127.53 million 2017 up 33.8% 1st Lower secondary completion rate, total 88.0% 2025 up 2.2% 98th School enrollment, preprimary, female 52.3% 2021 — 117th School enrollment, preprimary, male 51.2% 2021 — 116th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 74.2% 2023 down 9.3% 132nd Government expenditure on education, total 14.2% 2022 up 1.2% 75th Secondary education, general pupils 48.0% 2017 up 8.9% 167th Lower secondary completion rate, female 89.1% 2025 up 1.4% 99th Lower secondary completion rate, male 86.9% 2025 up 2.8% 96th Children out of school 0.1% 2025 down 97.1% 187th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Primary education, pupils 126.12 million 2025 down 1.3% 1st Secondary education, pupils 133.16 million 2025 up 2.8% 1st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 72.5% 2023 down 11.7% 121st Persistence to last grade of primary, female 76.0% 2023 down 6.7% 122nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 2.30 million 2017 up 209.9% 5th Number of under-five deaths, male 317,384 2024 down 46.7% 2nd Number of under-five deaths, female 297,646 2024 down 49.4% 2nd Number of infant deaths, male 282,491 2024 down 43.4% 2nd Number of infant deaths, female 257,082 2024 down 45.2% 1st Children out of school, female 1.6% 2023 up 41.2% 142nd Children out of school, male 1.3% 2023 up 371.9% 149th Secondary education, vocational pupils 16.6% 2017 down 33.7% 176th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 101.3% 2018 down 18.2% 100th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.2% 2025 down 44.2% 108th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 46.2% 122nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.2% 2025 down 44.7% 116th Primary education, teachers 58.6% 2025 up 18.4% 155th Repeaters, primary, total 0.6% 2018 down 83.1% 134th Page 1 of 3 Next →