School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India): School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.02 GPIA
Change on year
up 6.1%
Rank
40th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.02 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7592 GPIA
in 1973
Years of data
53
1972–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) recorded 1.02 GPIA for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7592 GPIA, in 1973.
That places MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 40th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.7602 GPIA | — |
| 1973 | 0.7592 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.7807 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 0.7995 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.8174 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.8288 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8365 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.8416 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.8429 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.8392 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.8366 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.832 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.8249 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.8058 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7951 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7826 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7704 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.7765 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7811 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7852 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7888 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7929 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7963 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.8 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8048 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.8084 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8126 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7982 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7916 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8097 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9608 GPIA | +18.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9131 GPIA | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9017 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9459 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9438 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9287 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9162 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9131 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9322 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9227 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9175 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9204 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9255 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9199 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.919 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9182 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9168 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9241 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9223 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9148 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9081 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9581 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 1.02 GPIA | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.803 GPIA | 0.7592 GPIA | 0.8416 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.8106 GPIA | 0.7704 GPIA | 0.8429 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7968 GPIA | 0.7811 GPIA | 0.8126 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9025 GPIA | 0.7916 GPIA | 0.9608 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9216 GPIA | 0.9168 GPIA | 0.9322 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.944 GPIA | 0.9081 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
- 37 Aruba 1.05 GPIA compare
- 38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.05 GPIA compare
- 39 Lesotho 1.05 GPIA compare
- 40 El Salvador 1.04 GPIA compare
- 41 Saint Lucia 1.04 GPIA compare
- 42 Cape Verde 1.04 GPIA compare
- 43 Dominican Republic 1.04 GPIA compare
More education data for MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 11.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.7828 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) was 1.02 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7592 GPIA in 1973.
- How does MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) ranks 40th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release