Out-of-school children in India
In India, 0.1% of children of primary school age were not in school in 2025.
India, 2025
0.1%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2024
0.3%
Out-of-school children in India over time
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% of children of primary 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 | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 4.1% |
| 2019 | 7.4% |
| 2018 | 6.4% |
| 2017 | 6.0% |
| 2016 | 4.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2012 | 0.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 1.1% |
| 2009 | 1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2007 | 0.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2003 | 9.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2002 | 14.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2001 | 13.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.1% in 2024.
- Since 2013, when it was 0.4%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
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Primary completion (UIS)
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Lower secondary completion
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Upper secondary completion
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