School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: South Asia
WB: South Asia: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
17th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.11 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8557 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: 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 WB: South Asia is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: South Asia peaked at 1.11 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8557 GPIA, in 1999.
WB: South Asia ranks 17th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: South Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8557 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8574 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8677 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8845 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9706 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9741 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9772 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9812 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9855 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.01 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.08 GPIA | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.11 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8557 GPIA | 0.8557 GPIA | 0.8557 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9523 GPIA | 0.8574 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: South Asia
- 14 Madagascar 1.04 GPIA compare
- 15 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.04 GPIA compare
- 16 Tonga 1.04 GPIA compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 1.03 GPIA compare
- 18 Aruba 1.03 GPIA compare
- 19 Argentina 1.03 GPIA compare
- 20 Mauritania 1.03 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: South Asia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 74.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 48.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 24.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 23.82 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: South Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: South Asia was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8557 GPIA in 1999.
- How does WB: South Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- WB: South Asia ranks 17th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release