School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in India
India: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in India, 1994–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2025, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in India stood at 1 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in India peaked at 1.1 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7821 GPIA, in 1995.
That places India 71st out of 200 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in India, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.7832 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.7821 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.7994 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8126 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8048 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8104 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8208 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8409 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9335 GPIA | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9578 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9841 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.996 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9977 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.07 GPIA | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.1 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPIA | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.997 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9968 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7964 GPIA | 0.7821 GPIA | 0.8126 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.9076 GPIA | 0.8104 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPIA | 0.996 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 0.9968 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More education data for India
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in India?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in India was 1 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7821 GPIA in 1995.
- How does India rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- India ranks 71st out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. 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, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release