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India: School enrollment, preprimary, female

52.27percent · 2021+1753.0% 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
202152.272
202061.341
201964.204
201862.345
201762.024
19973.19
19964.25
19954.282
19943.846
19932.855
19922.821
19913.069
19902.792
19893.031
19883.022
19872.752
19862.746
19852.285
19842.224
19832.366
19822.008
19812.242
19781.755
19771.748
19761.523
19751.411
19731.313
19721.185
19711.085

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary-female (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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