Education in India

155 indicators covering education for India.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 74.2% 2023 down 9.3% 132nd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 45,212 2024 down 53.1% 2nd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 54,351 2024 down 38.2% 1st
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 89,863 2024 down 29.4% 1st
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 134,327 2024 down 21.5% 1st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 101.5% 2018 down 17.8% 93rd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 101.2% 2018 down 18.6% 96th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.7% 2100 down 47.4% 60th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 9.76 million people 2100 down 50.1% 4th
Population by level of education 602.28 million people 2100 up 5.6% 1st
Repeaters, primary, female 0.6% 2018 down 83.5% 127th
Repeaters, primary, male 0.6% 2018 down 82.9% 135th
School enrollment, secondary, private 51.4% 2020 up 7.2% 17th
School enrollment, primary 92.3% 2013 up 10.4% 112th
Trained teachers in primary education 91.4% 2025 up 30.9% 75th
Over-age students, primary 5.9% 2013 down 2.3% 96th
Secondary education, teachers 49.3% 2025 up 14.3% 143rd
School enrollment, primary, female 93.0% 2013 up 12.1% 81st
School enrollment, primary, male 91.6% 2013 up 8.9% 95th
Over-age students, primary, male 1.9% 2013 down 69.5% 151st
Over-age students, primary, female 10.0% 2013 up 67.3% 61st
Compulsory education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 156th
Progression to secondary school 91.3% 2017 down 0.8% 122nd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 97.7% 2013 up 10.5% 64th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 90.3% 2025 up 28.1% 77th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 92.9% 2025 up 34.4% 68th
Primary education, pupils 50.9% 2017 up 8.4% 4th
Tertiary education, academic staff 44.3% 2023 up 13.4% 84th
Persistence to grade 5, female 76.0% 2023 down 6.7% 116th
Persistence to grade 5, male 72.5% 2023 down 11.7% 121st
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 91.0% 2017 down 0.7% 116th
Progression to secondary school, female 91.6% 2017 down 0.9% 112th
Expenditure on tertiary education 28.5% 2013 up 42.0% 27th
Literacy rate, youth female 96.6% 2024 up 12.2% 59th
Children out of school, primary 134,967 2025 down 97.3% 51st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 98.6% 2013 up 12.4% 23rd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 97.0% 2013 up 8.8% 53rd
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.9862 GPI 2024 up 7.0% 70th
Literacy rate, youth male 98.0% 2024 up 4.9% 46th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 32.75 2017 down 20.8% 39th
Literacy rate, youth total 97.3% 2024 up 8.2% 51st
Expenditure on secondary education 41.4% 2013 down 0.8% 23rd
Expenditure on primary education 28.4% 2013 down 21.3% 102nd
Secondary education, pupils 48.1% 2018 up 7.8% 143rd
Children out of school, primary, female 907,274 2023 up 33.3% 9th
Children out of school, primary, male 815,165 2023 up 343.2% 10th
Literacy rate, adult total 78.2% 2024 up 11.9% 62nd
Literacy rate, adult male 85.7% 2024 up 7.9% 57th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 91.1% 2025 up 8.7% 54th
Trained teachers in secondary education 92.2% 2025 up 20.5% 55th
Adolescents out of school 14.0% 2025 down 1.9% 54th
Current education expenditure, total 95.2% 2005 down 3.0% 40th
Current education expenditure, primary 94.5% 2005 down 3.0% 62nd
Current education expenditure, secondary 94.5% 2005 down 3.0% 60th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 93.1% 2025 up 3.8% 48th
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 92.3% 2025 up 17.6% 53rd
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 92.0% 2025 up 22.9% 51st
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 28.52 2018 up 13.5% 15th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 20.1 2015 up 202.7% 64th