School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9851 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) recorded 0.9851 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) peaked at 0.9851 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8266 GPIA, in 1998.
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) ranks 111th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8266 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.841 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8596 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.877 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8674 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8687 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8429 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8793 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8943 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9049 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9135 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.918 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9256 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9395 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9397 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9341 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9314 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9333 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9326 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9345 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9279 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9423 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9479 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9466 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9465 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9652 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9851 GPIA | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8338 GPIA | 0.8266 GPIA | 0.841 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8826 GPIA | 0.8429 GPIA | 0.918 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9341 GPIA | 0.9256 GPIA | 0.9423 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9583 GPIA | 0.9465 GPIA | 0.9851 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
More education data for MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.7828 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) was 0.9851 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: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9851 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8266 GPIA in 1998.
- How does MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) ranks 111th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 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