Secondary school enrolment (gross) in India

Gross secondary school enrolment in India was 79.6% in 2025.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2025 Source: World Bank
India, 2025 79.6% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2024 +1.5percentage points 2024: 78.1%
World, 2024 77.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as India (2025).
Median of G20 countries, 2023 102.1% Middle value of 15 countries Not the same period as India (2025).

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in India over time

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% of the official secondary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Secondary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official secondary school-age population), 2001 to 2025
Period IndiaWorld
2025 79.6% –
2024 78.1% 77.3%
2023 78.9% 77.2%
2022 81.2% 77.5%
2021 80.6% 77.3%
2020 77.6% 76.5%
2019 75.9% 76.0%
2018 76.0% 75.5%
2017 74.7% 74.9%
2016 75.9% 75.2%
2015 74.6% 75.0%
2014 74.9% 74.9%
2013 69.5% 74.0%
2012 69.8% 72.7%
2011 67.1% 71.9%
2010 64.9% 70.9%
2009 61.4% 69.4%
2008 62.2% 68.3%
2007 59.1% 66.8%
2006 56.8% 65.4%
2005 55.9% 64.4%
2004 53.2% 63.5%
2003 51.4% 62.4%
2002 48.8% 61.6%
2001 46.8% 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 78.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 74.6%, the figure has changed by +5.0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.SEC.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2025 for India
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics