Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in India
India: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.967 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in India, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in India stood at 0.967 index. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in India peaked at 0.967 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3457 index, in 1981.
India ranks 132nd of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4031 index | 0.3457 index | 0.4523 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5161 index | 0.4584 index | 0.6018 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6916 index | 0.6271 index | 0.7527 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8434 index | 0.7691 index | 0.9077 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9451 index | 0.9186 index | 0.967 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More gender data for India
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 10.96 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 11.71 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 10.92 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 11.70 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 10.89 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 11.70 million (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 10.88 million (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 11.71 million (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 10.89 million (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 11.75 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in India?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in India was 0.967 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.967 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3457 index in 1981.
- How does India rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- India ranks 132nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.