Secondary education, teachers, per capita in India
India: Secondary education, teachers, per capita was 0.005 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, teachers, per capita in India, 1971–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
India recorded 0.005 units per person for secondary education, teachers, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, teachers, per capita in India peaked at 0.005 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0017 units per person, in 1971.
That places India 131st out of 201 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Secondary education, teachers, per capita in India, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0017 units per person | — |
| 1972 | 0.0018 units per person | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0018 units per person | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0019 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0019 units per person | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.002 units per person | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.002 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0021 units per person | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0022 units per person | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0023 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0033 units per person | +44.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0034 units per person | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0035 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.003 units per person | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0031 units per person | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0031 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0035 units per person | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0035 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0044 units per person | +26.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0047 units per person | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0047 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0047 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0047 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0048 units per person | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 0.005 units per person | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0018 units per person | 0.0017 units per person | 0.0019 units per person | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.0019 units per person | 0.0019 units per person | 0.0019 units per person | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.0023 units per person | 0.002 units per person | 0.0033 units per person | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.0034 units per person | 0.003 units per person | 0.0044 units per person | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.0048 units per person | 0.0047 units per person | 0.005 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
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 secondary education, teachers, per capita in India?
- Secondary education, teachers, per capita in India was 0.005 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest secondary education, teachers, per capita recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.005 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest secondary education, teachers, per capita recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0017 units per person in 1971.
- How does India rank for secondary education, teachers, per capita?
- India ranks 131st out of 201 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, teachers, per capita rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Secondary education, teachers, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Secondary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Secondary education, teachers ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Secondary education, teachers Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Secondary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.