India · annual SERIES
Lower secondary completion rate in India
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
85.76%%
2019Observation year
+4.76 pp from 2016
Source note for 2019: [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"India National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-21. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}]
% · UNESCO Institute for Statistics · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 85.7591781616211 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"India National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-21. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2016 | 81.00148010253906 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"India DHS 2015-16. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-18 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2011 | 76.13 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"India HDS 2011 (GEMR)."}] |
| 2006 | 59.09540939331055 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"India DHS 2005-06. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-18 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2005 | 58.24 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"India HDS 2005 (GEMR)."}] |
Definition & method
UIS SDG 4.1.2 completion rate, CR.2, total population. Original national survey/census observations, not gross intake ratios or modelled completion series.
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
What to keep in mind
- Survey and census coverage is irregular; no interpolation is applied.
- Survey reference periods and sources are retained in each observation note.
- Selected data and adaptations retain the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.