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What share of young people reach higher education?

30.0%

2023-24▲ 0.5 vs 2022-23

AISHE · released 8 Jul 2026

What share of young people reach higher education?
Period	Value (%)
2023-24	30.0
2022-23	29.5
2021-22	28.4
2020-21	27.3
2019-20	25.6
2018-19	24.9
2017-18	24.6
2016-17	24.1
2015-16	23.7
2014-15	23.7
2013-14	22.8
2012-13	21.6
2011-12	21.2

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India's Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education (ages 18–23) was 30.0% in 2023-24, compared with 29.5% in 2022-23 (AISHE). Source: Ministry of Education, All India Survey on Higher Education 2023-24.

Cite as: All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24 (Ministry of Education (AISHE))

What this shows

GER reached 30.0 in 2023-24, up from 29.5 in 2022-23 and 23.7 in 2014-15 (AISHE 2023-24). The National Education Policy 2020 aims for 50% by 2035.
Female GER (31.2) has been higher than male GER (28.9) since 2017-18. GER is 27.8 for Scheduled Caste and 22.8 for Scheduled Tribe students (2023-24).
Older figures have been revised down. AISHE 2019-20 first reported a GER of 27.1 for that year; on the revised population projection it is now 25.6. Cite the current series, not old reports.

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All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24 (Ministry of Education (AISHE))

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Source and method

Source: Ministry of Education, All India Survey on Higher Education 2023-24
Table: AISHE 2023-24, Table 47 (All India, both sexes, 2019-20 to 2023-24); 2011-12 to 2018-19 from MoE 'Time series for GER based on 2011 Pop Projection'
Released: 8 Jul 2026
Retrieved: 18 Oct 2026
Next due: AISHE 2024-25, date not announced
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What exactly is measured

Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education: students enrolled in higher education as a share of all Indians aged 18–23, from the Ministry of Education's All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE). Every year shown uses the population projection based on the 2011 Census as currently revised, so figures for earlier years are lower than those first published.

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Exam facts

Published by: Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education
Survey / report: All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24
Frequency: Annual, released with a lag of two years or more
Measures: Students enrolled in higher education, of any age, as a share of the population aged 18–23
Syllabus: GS-II · Social Justice

GER counts students of any age against the 18–23 age group, so it is not the share of young adults enrolled.
Every year uses the population projection based on the 2011 Census as currently revised, so earlier years are lower than first published.
Female GER has been higher than male GER since 2017-18.

Official targets

50.0% by 2035 NEP 2020 target (including vocational education) · PIB, Cabinet approves National Education Policy 2020 (29 July 2020)

Asked in UPSC

CSE Mains 2020, General Studies Paper II, Q18NEP 2020 and the education goal SDG-4

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History: every published version

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No figure in this series has been revised since we began recording on 18 Oct 2026.

18 Oct 2026, 20:18 IST13 periods, latest 2023-24: 30.0% · first snapshotArchived sourcee578fa55cdd9

Release notes (2)

Jul 202629.5%2022-23, AISHE 2022-23 report
Jul 202630.0%2023-24, AISHE 2023-24 report

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