Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in India
India: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 0.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.4%
Change on year
down 21.0%
World rank
69th
of 88 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2024
All-time low
0.2%
in 2022
Years of data
5
2021–2025
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in India, 2021–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in India is 0.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 21.0% on the previous year and up 66.5% over five years.
That places India 69th out of 88 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.2% | — |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -19.6% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +119.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +19.6% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | -21.0% |
Countries ranked near India
More education data for India
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 68.40 million (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3178 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37.89 million (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2585 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 43.90 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.732 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.04 million (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 21.75 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.58 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in India?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in India was 0.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2022.
- How does India rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- India ranks 69th out of 88 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release