Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in India
India: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 0.6% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in India, 2020–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in India is 0.6%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 33.3% on the previous year and down 96.1% over five years.
That places India 167th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near India
More education data for India
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 111.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 5.19 million (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.96 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in India?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in India was 0.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 14.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2024.
- How does India rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- India ranks 167th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.