School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Central and Southern Asia
SDG: Central and Southern Asia: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9834 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9834 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
124th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.06 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8342 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Central and Southern Asia stood at 0.9834 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Central and Southern Asia peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8342 GPIA, in 1999.
That places SDG: Central and Southern Asia 124th 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 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8342 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8394 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8489 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.857 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9328 GPIA | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9279 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9413 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9493 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9563 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9758 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9849 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9835 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9839 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9865 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.04 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.06 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9751 GPIA | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9813 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9779 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9732 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9758 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9834 GPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8342 GPIA | 0.8342 GPIA | 0.8342 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9213 GPIA | 0.8394 GPIA | 0.9849 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9751 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9783 GPIA | 0.9732 GPIA | 0.9834 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- 121 Ghana 0.9928 GPIA compare
- 122 Republic of Moldova 0.9922 GPIA compare
- 123 Palestine, State of 0.9915 GPIA compare
- 124 Paraguay 0.9914 GPIA compare
- 125 Martinique 0.9911 GPIA
- 126 India 0.9908 GPIA compare
- 127 Belize 0.9905 GPIA compare
More education data for SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 57.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 92.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3161 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 99.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 8.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 29.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Central and Southern Asia was 0.9834 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8342 GPIA in 1999.
- How does SDG: Central and Southern Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 124th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Central and Southern Asia 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