Out-of-school adolescents in India
In India, 14.0% of adolescents of lower secondary school age were not in school in 2025.
India, 2025
14.0%
Change from 2024
−1.1percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2023
1.3%
Out-of-school adolescents in India over time
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% of adolescents of lower secondary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | India |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.0% |
| 2024 | 15.1% |
| 2023 | 14.6% |
| 2022 | 10.7% |
| 2021 | 10.0% |
| 2020 | 11.0% |
| 2013 | 14.3%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 15.1% in 2024.
- Since 2013, when it was 14.3%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.