Qualified primary teachers in India
In India, 91.4% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2025.
India, 2025
91.4%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
Qualified primary teachers in India over time
View
India
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of primary teachers. 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 | 91.4% |
| 2024 | 91.7% |
| 2023 | 91.8% |
| 2022 | 88.7% |
| 2021 | 89.5% |
| 2020 | 77.7% |
| 2019 | 73.1% |
| 2017 | 69.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 91.7% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 69.8%, the figure has changed by +21.6 percentage points.
More for India
All statistics for India
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
Out-of-school adolescents
14.0%
2025 · UNESCO UIS