Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in India
India: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.02 index in 2025. ▬ Flat
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in India, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in India is 1.02 index, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in India peaked at 1.04 index in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.01 index, in 2024.
That places India 46th out of 163 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.04 index | 1.04 index | 1.04 index | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.02 index | 1.01 index | 1.02 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 43 Sao Tome and Principe 1.02 index compare
- 44 Trinidad and Tobago 1.02 index compare
- 45 Puerto Rico 1.02 index compare
- 47 United Arab Emirates 1.02 index compare
- 48 Cyprus 1.02 index compare
- 49 Ecuador 1.02 index compare
More education data for India
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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. average years of schooling 1.96 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in India?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in India was 1.02 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 index in 2013.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2024.
- How does India rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- India ranks 46th out of 163 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.