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India: Primary education, pupils

50.88percent · 2017+8.4% since 2007

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Annual figures for India from 1971 to 2017.

19752017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201750.882
201651.115
201550.052
201449.921
201349.949
201248.067
201147.96
201047.781
200947.887
200847.592
200746.931
200346.823
200244.192
200143.769
200043.577
199943.497
199843.493
199743.384
199643.171
199542.906
199442.88
199342.627
199241.701
199141.389
199040.678
198940.315
198840.849
198740.682
198640.249
198539.548
198439.025
198338.909
198238.623
198138.63
198038.399
197938.266
197837.799
197738.185
197638.092
197537.914
197437.831
197337.787
197237.461
197137.35

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary education, pupils. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-education-pupils (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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