Australia vs India: Share of children in primary school age who are in school

Australia
99.9%
in 2024
India
99.9%
in 2025
Australia rank
12th
India rank
11th

Share of children in primary school age who are in school over time

  • Australia
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 99.9% against 99.9% in Australia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and India ranks 11th of 209 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children in primary school age who are in school
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
209 places, 8,478 data points, 1820–2025
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The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.