School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in India
India: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 1.01 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
1.01 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
81st
of 208 countries
All-time high
1.07 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.5653 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
45
1971–2025
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in India, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2025, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in India stood at 1.01 GPIA.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in India peaked at 1.07 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5653 GPIA, in 1971.
India ranks 81st of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in India, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5653 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.5708 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.5809 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.5901 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.5939 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.5982 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.5913 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.6028 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6112 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.6083 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.6346 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 0.6215 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.6523 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 0.6624 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.6725 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.6708 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.7306 GPIA | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 0.743 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.7432 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7502 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7626 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.7795 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7861 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7925 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8134 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8974 GPIA | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9263 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9504 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9737 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9731 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9716 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9766 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.04 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9984 GPIA | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9888 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9748 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9886 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9923 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5844 GPIA | 0.5653 GPIA | 0.5982 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.6374 GPIA | 0.6028 GPIA | 0.6725 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.7515 GPIA | 0.7306 GPIA | 0.7795 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8771 GPIA | 0.7861 GPIA | 0.9737 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9716 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9928 GPIA | 0.9748 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 6 |
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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 secondary, adjusted gender parity in India?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in India was 1.01 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5653 GPIA in 1971.
- How does India rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- India ranks 81st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. 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 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