Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India
India: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8635 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India, 1994–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
India recorded 0.8635 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India peaked at 0.8635 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6672 GPIA, in 1994.
India ranks 90th of 104 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6672 GPIA | 0.6672 GPIA | 0.6672 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7289 GPIA | 0.7128 GPIA | 0.745 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8022 GPIA | 0.7802 GPIA | 0.8246 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.8508 GPIA | 0.8403 GPIA | 0.8635 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
More education data for India
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.19 million (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 111.03 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 111.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India was 0.8635 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8635 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6672 GPIA in 1994.
- How does India rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- India ranks 90th out of 104 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release