How many Indian children reach secondary school?
Gross secondary school enrolment.
Source: World Bank Indicators API · indicator SE.SEC.ENRR Fetched 3/6/2026
At a glance
79.6%
latest value, 2025
24.0%
first value, 1971
48
annual observations in this artifact
annual
source frequency
The explanation Draft prose wraps locked source numbers; no numbers are generated at request time
Secondary enrolment is where schooling starts to connect directly with future work and capability.
Secondary enrolment is where schooling starts to connect directly with future work and capability.
Gross secondary school enrolment.
Read this as one piece of evidence, not the whole story. The useful question is what changes over time, what stays stuck, and what the indicator leaves out.
Keep pulling the thread
How urban is India? -> How many Indians are in the labour force? -> How many Indian women are in the labour force? ->Methodology
MeasureSchool enrollment, secondary
GeographyIndia
Unit% gross
TransformValues displayed as gross enrolment percent.
CaveatGross enrolment can exceed 100% because it includes over-age and under-age students.