School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Eastern Asia
MDG: Eastern Asia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Eastern Asia, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Eastern Asia stood at 1.02 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9288 GPIA, in 1994.
MDG: Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.9288 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.938 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9516 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.9654 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.9781 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9839 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9922 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9576 GPIA | 0.9288 GPIA | 0.9839 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9922 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Eastern Asia
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 32.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 31.84 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.78 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5.25 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 64.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -11.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42.77 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Eastern Asia was 1.02 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9288 GPIA in 1994.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- MDG: Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release