Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in India
India: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 2.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in India, 1999–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in India stood at 2.6%.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in India peaked at 3.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2001.
India ranks 138th of 158 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.1% | — |
| 2000 | 2.1% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.7% | -18.7% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | +47.5% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | +33.7% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -25.6% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 7 |
Countries ranked near India
- 135 Hong Kong 3.1% compare
- 136 Palestine, State of 3.0% compare
- 137 Nepal 2.6% compare
- 139 Mauritania 2.4% compare
- 140 Sudan 2.3% compare
- 141 Equatorial Guinea 2.2% compare
More education data for India
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 22.14 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.0911 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in India?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in India was 2.6% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2001.
- How does India rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- India ranks 138th out of 158 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.9%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.