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India: School enrollment, primary (% gross)

111.03percent · 2025+6.5% since 2015

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. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Annual figures for India from 1971 to 2025.

19832025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025111.034
2024120.52
2023112.031
2022111.084
2021102.316
2020101.291
201999.504
2018101.098
2017101.887
2016103.743
2015104.222
2014103.557
2013106.096
2012112.384
2011109.708
2010112.219
2009112.491
2008113.828
2007113.33
2003105.665
200297.447
200196.901
200098.809
199991.825
199889.997
199791.519
199691.933
199592.492
199493.177
199392.316
199290.807
199190.391
199090.841
198991.521
198888.507
198787.14
198689.481
198587.565
198487.768
198386.17
198284.279
198183.56
198082.361
197981.094
197881.286
197785.086
197682.457
197582.91
197482.196
197382.699
197279.344
197178.371

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, primary (% gross). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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