SBI Clerk 2025 Applicants' Data Released, Check the Competition for the upcoming exam

The State Bank of India has officially released the applicant statistics for the SBI Junior Associate (Clerk) 2025 recruitment drive through an RTI (Right to Information). With nearly 9.01 lakh registrations for 6,589 vacancies, SBI Clerk is one of the most competitive in India’s public sector banking landscape. The SBI Clerk 2025 data shows that clearing the Clerical level exam is not easy as out of 9 lakh candidates only around 6 thousand are selected.

If the 2025 numbers is huge, the 2026 cycle promises to raise the bar even further and expected that more than 10 lakh candidates will compete for the upcoming vacancies.

SBI Clerk 2025 Applicants’ Data

Out of the 9,00,771 candidates who registered for the SBI Clerk 2025 exam, only 6,43,828 (71.48%) appeared for the Preliminary examination and 2.57 lakh registered candidates did not even show up for the first stage. Of the total number of candidates, only 1,20,006 (18.64%) candidates were qualified for the Mains, and only 1,14,052 appeared in the exam. Through the SBI Clerk 2025 exam under CRPD/CR/2025-26/06, 6589 Junior Associate (Clerk) vacancies were filled.

Particulars	No. of Applicants
Registered Candidates	9,00,771
Candidates Appeared in Prelims	6,43,828
Prelims Qualified Candidates	1,20,006
Candidates Appeared in Mains	1,14,052

10 Lakh+ Applications Expected for SBI Clerk 2026

As the State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest bank providing job opportunities to thousands of candidates every year and conduct the recruitment process itself. The selection for SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) includes two stages- Prelims and Mains, followed by a Language Proficiency Test (which is qualifying). As the competition is going to be tough with nearly 10 lakh applicants planning to appear, so if you are one of those preparing for the next SBI Clerk Exam, then you must start your preparation now as the new notification and vacancies will be announced soon.