India
Background Information
Region
South Asia
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
27% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
121,821,478 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
177,585,036 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
27%
Source: UNSDG, 2016
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
13
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
27%
Source: DHS, 2016
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
31%
Source: DHS, 2016
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
8
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure
No data available
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 89%
(2019)
-
Lower secondary 92%
(2019)
-
Upper secondary 92%
(2019)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
-
Female 47%
-
Male 45%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
-
Female 44%
-
Male 44%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 91%
-
Male 92%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 79%
-
Male 82%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 40%
-
Male 46%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 5%
-
Male 5%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school
-
Female 10%
-
Male 9%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school
-
Female 33%
-
Male 27%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Programs Back to Top
Advocacy Campaign/Project
A More Equal Future: A MenCare Manual to Engage Fathers to Prevent Child Marriage in India
Project/Program
Adolescent Empowerment Programme
Advancing Gender Equality in India
Project/Program
After School Life Skills Programme
Network/Convening/Conference
Asia Pacific Region National Education Coalitions COVID-19 Zoom Conference
Project/Program
Barli Institute, India
Project/Program
Boys Stand Up
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
COVID-19 Initiative: Objectives to address the Immediate and Long-term Implications of the Pandemic on Girls' Education
Project/Program
COVID-19 Relief and Response
Project/Program
Camp Vidya
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Chhaa Jaa
Project/Program
Combatting Child Trafficking in India
Project/Program
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Project/Program
Cummins Technical Education for Communities
Project/Program
Day School Programme
Project/Program
Education Development Impact Bond
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Education and Training
Project/Program
Educational Initiatives, India and South Africa
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Enough
Research Project/Report/Study
Evaluation of Life Skills Curriculum
Project/Program
Feminist and Youth-led Action (FAYA)
Project/Program
Financial Education for Girls Program
Project/Program
Food for Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Funding For Girls Education Programs
Project/Program
GIRLS Inspire project
Project/Program
GSL: COVID-19 Response Research
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender Equality Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender Equity Initiative
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Equity/Education Funding
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girl Capital
Project/Program
Girl Effect
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls First Fund Grant Program
Project/Program
Girls' Education Program (Room to Read)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Global Education Program
Project/Program
Global Engagement Initiative
Project/Program
Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Project/Program
Glory School
Project/Program
Growing Livelihood Opportunities for Women (GLOW)
Research Project/Report/Study
Learning from Going to School: Implementation Research on School to Work Transitions Amongst Adolescent Girls in Bihar
Project/Program
LitClub
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Livestreaming Education for Girls
Project/Program
MTV Nishedh
Project/Program
More Than Brides Alliance: Marriage: No Child's Play
Advocacy Campaign/Project
National Partner Support
Project/Program
Om Foundation School
Project/Program
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society
Project/Program
Prerna Girls School
Research Project/Report/Study
Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020
Project/Program
Project Kanya: Creating Gender-Inclusive Schools during COVID-19
Project/Program
Project Lehar - Adolescent Girls' Empowerment Programme
Project/Program
Promoting Adolescents' Engagement, Knowledge and Health (PANKH)
Research Project/Report/Study
Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)
Project/Program
Responding to the COVID Situation in India
School Supplies & Classroom Improvements for partner schools
Project/Program
Science Library
Project/Program
Second Chance
Project/Program
Service-learning for WASH in schools
Research Project/Report/Study
Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education
Project/Program
Teacher Training and Support
Research Project/Report/Study
Tega
Project/Program
The Aarohini Initiative
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impact of COVID-19 on Young Women
Project/Program
The Study Hall College
Project/Program
Udaan - Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy in Rajasthan
Project/Program
Umang - Empowering Girls to Amplify their Aspirations
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Project/Program
Vidyasthali Kanar High School
Project/Program
Vocational Training
Research Project/Report/Study
Who Is Going Back to School? A Four-Country Rapid Survey in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan
Project/Program
World Teacher
Project/Program
g4g Day
Project/Program
g4g Global Fellowships Program