Out-of-school youth in India
In India, 41.6% of young people of upper secondary school age were not in school in 2025.
India, 2025
41.6%
Change from 2024
−1.6percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2023
6.5%
Out-of-school youth in India over time
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% of youth of upper 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 | 41.6% |
| 2024 | 43.2% |
| 2023 | 43.0% |
| 2022 | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 39.3% |
| 2020 | 41.5% |
| 2013 | 47.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 43.2% in 2024.
- Since 2013, when it was 47.2%, the figure has changed by −5.6 percentage points.
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All statistics for India
Out-of-school adolescents
14.0%
2025 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
24.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
94.2%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
85.8%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
50.6%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
0.1%
2025 · UNESCO UIS