School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia
UNICEF: South Asia: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9798 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9798 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
134th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.06 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8264 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia is 0.9798 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8264 GPIA, in 1999.
UNICEF: South Asia ranks 134th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 UNICEF: South Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8264 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8324 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8425 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8514 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9318 GPIA | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9263 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.94 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.948 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9548 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9752 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9847 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9832 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9835 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9861 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.04 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.06 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9711 GPIA | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9762 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9771 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9733 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9685 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9714 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9798 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8264 GPIA | 0.8264 GPIA | 0.8264 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9187 GPIA | 0.8324 GPIA | 0.9847 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9711 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.974 GPIA | 0.9685 GPIA | 0.9798 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: South Asia
- 131 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9889 GPIA compare
- 132 Cuba 0.9887 GPIA compare
- 133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9886 GPIA compare
- 134 Comoros 0.987 GPIA compare
- 135 Anguilla 0.986 GPIA compare
- 136 Thailand 0.9854 GPIA compare
- 137 Cape Verde 0.9822 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), 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)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 91.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia was 0.9798 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: South 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 UNICEF: South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8264 GPIA in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: South Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: South Asia ranks 134th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: South 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