School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Eastern Asia, 1973β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Eastern Asia is 1.02 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7451 GPIA, in 1974.
SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 3rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8363 GPIA | 0.7451 GPIA | 0.8891 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.8659 GPIA | 0.8384 GPIA | 0.902 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9576 GPIA | 0.909 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
- 1 Niue 1.2 GPIA compare
- 1 Senegal 1.21 GPIA compare
- 2 Cook Islands 1.05 GPIA compare
- 2 Gambia 1.14 GPIA compare
- 3 Anguilla 0.986 GPIA compare
- 3 Kuwait 1.13 GPIA compare
- 4 Bangladesh 1.11 GPIA compare
- 4 Tokelau 0.9796 GPIA compare
- 5 Maldives 1.1 GPIA compare
- 5 Montserrat 0.9261 GPIA compare
- 6 Bhutan 1.07 GPIA compare
- 6 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0.8208 GPIA compare
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 81.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 51.47 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 16.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 58.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 45.36 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 7.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 63.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 56.33 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 26.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Eastern Asia was 1.02 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7451 GPIA in 1974.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 3rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release