School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia
UNICEF: South Asia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia, 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia is 1.02 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.968 GPIA, in 2020.
That places UNICEF: South Asia 21st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9949 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.968 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9724 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9918 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 0.9949 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9936 GPIA | 0.968 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: South Asia
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 1.07 GPIA
- 19 Niger 1.07 GPIA compare
- 20 Samoa 1.07 GPIA compare
- 21 Tonga 1.07 GPIA compare
- 22 Trinidad and Tobago 1.07 GPIA compare
- 23 Marshall Islands 1.07 GPIA compare
- 24 Oman 1.06 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: South Asia
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 51.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 26.43 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia 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 UNICEF: South Asia?
- 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 UNICEF: South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.968 GPIA in 2020.
- How does UNICEF: South Asia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: South Asia ranks 21st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this UNICEF: South Asia 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