Lower secondary completion rate, female in India
India: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 89.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in India, 1987–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
India recorded 89.1% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2025.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in India peaked at 91.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 1987.
India ranks 99th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in India, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 29.4% | — |
| 1988 | 30.6% | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 30.9% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 47.3% | +53.3% |
| 2003 | 52.7% | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 59.5% | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 66.6% | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 77.8% | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 84.3% | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 88.7% | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 87.9% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 88.1% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 87.6% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 87.9% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 90.2% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 91.5% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 91.3% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 86.5% | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 88.3% | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 89.1% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30.3% | 29.4% | 30.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 56.6% | 47.3% | 66.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 86.0% | 77.8% | 88.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 89.5% | 86.5% | 91.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 96 Cuba 90.4% compare
- 97 Seychelles 90.0% compare
- 98 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 89.6% compare
- 100 Saint Lucia 88.8% compare
- 101 Mexico 88.5% compare
- 102 Guyana 87.4% compare
More education data for India
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.732 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.04 million (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 21.75 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 22.14 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.0911 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in India?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in India was 89.1% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 91.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 1987.
- How does India rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- India ranks 99th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.