Primary completion rate, male in India
India: Primary completion rate, male was 89.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in India, 1971–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, male in India is 89.6%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in India peaked at 98.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 50.4%, in 1971.
India ranks 118th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in India, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 50.4% | — |
| 1974 | 53.0% | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 73.7% | +39.2% |
| 1988 | 75.4% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 79.6% | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 75.8% | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 83.3% | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 81.6% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 84.6% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 85.7% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 97.7% | +14.0% |
| 2009 | 98.3% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 95.8% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 95.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 97.8% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 98.6% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 98.2% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 97.7% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 97.3% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 98.6% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 93.3% | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 93.8% | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 89.6% | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51.7% | 50.4% | 53.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 74.6% | 73.7% | 75.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 77.7% | 75.8% | 79.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 88.5% | 81.6% | 98.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 97.0% | 95.3% | 98.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 94.5% | 89.6% | 98.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 115 Trinidad and Tobago 90.6% compare
- 116 Cuba 90.4% compare
- 117 Maldives 90.1% compare
- 119 New Caledonia 89.3% compare
- 120 Dominican Republic 89.3% compare
- 121 Paraguay 89.1% compare
More education data for India
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in India?
- Primary completion rate, male in India was 89.6% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.4% in 1971.
- How does India rank for primary completion rate, male?
- India ranks 118th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. 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 Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.