School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9776 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.3%
Rank
141st
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9776 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.4899 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) stood at 0.9776 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) peaked at 0.9776 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4899 GPIA, in 1970.
That places MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4899 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4932 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.5139 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 0.521 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.5019 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 0.517 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.5299 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5508 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 0.5805 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 0.5787 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.586 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.6211 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6554 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 0.6202 GPIA | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 0.662 GPIA | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 0.6695 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.6772 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.6713 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7139 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7196 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7376 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7505 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7594 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7645 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7761 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.7842 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7871 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7906 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.7964 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8075 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8275 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8409 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8261 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8506 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8301 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8694 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8897 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9074 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9108 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9156 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9223 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.933 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9337 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9337 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9255 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9246 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9211 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9224 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9134 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9331 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9381 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9362 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9352 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9559 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9776 GPIA | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5277 GPIA | 0.4899 GPIA | 0.5805 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6596 GPIA | 0.586 GPIA | 0.7196 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7754 GPIA | 0.7376 GPIA | 0.8075 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8668 GPIA | 0.8261 GPIA | 0.9156 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9263 GPIA | 0.9134 GPIA | 0.9337 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9486 GPIA | 0.9352 GPIA | 0.9776 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
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), 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4899 GPIA in 1970.
- How does MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) ranks 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release