World Bank · Education

India: School enrollment, preprimary

51.69percent · 2021+1612.3% since 1992

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for India from 1971 to 2021.

19712021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202151.687
202061.089
201962.811
201860.651
201760.504
19973.23
19964.399
19954.369
19944.024
19933.052
19923.019
19913.213
19902.904
19893.144
19883.175
19872.916
19862.908
19852.476
19842.392
19832.542
19822.125
19812.384
19781.893
19771.885
19761.637
19751.521
19731.382
19721.273
19711.121

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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