Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India
India: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7586 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India, 1994–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India stood at 0.7586 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in India peaked at 0.7586 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4333 LPIA, in 1994.
India ranks 74th of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4333 LPIA | 0.4333 LPIA | 0.4333 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4977 LPIA | 0.4755 LPIA | 0.5199 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6332 LPIA | 0.5887 LPIA | 0.6964 LPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.7179 LPIA | 0.6939 LPIA | 0.7586 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 71 Mexico 0.7805 LPIA compare
- 72 Dominican Republic 0.7745 LPIA compare
- 73 Bangladesh 0.761 LPIA compare
- 75 Nigeria 0.7532 LPIA compare
- 76 Peru 0.7269 LPIA compare
- 77 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7247 LPIA compare
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 0.7586 LPIA 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 0.7586 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4333 LPIA in 1994.
- How does India rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- India ranks 74th out of 100 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 28.4%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release