School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in India
India: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.03 GPIA in 2025. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in India, 1971β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
India recorded 1.03 GPIA for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in India peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8629 GPIA, in 1985.
India ranks 57th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8851 GPIA | 0.8681 GPIA | 0.9391 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.893 GPIA | 0.8629 GPIA | 0.9255 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9107 GPIA | 0.8692 GPIA | 0.9575 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9898 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More education data for India
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 111.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 5.19 million (2025)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.96 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in India?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in India was 1.03 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8629 GPIA in 1985.
- How does India rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- India ranks 57th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release