School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia
MDG: Southern Asia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9919 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia is 0.9919 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8168 GPIA, in 1999.
That places MDG: Southern Asia 83rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8168 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8217 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8338 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8465 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9134 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9081 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9232 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9315 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9411 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9624 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9786 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9738 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9795 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9838 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9851 GPIA | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9878 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9901 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9869 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9832 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9854 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9919 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8168 GPIA | 0.8168 GPIA | 0.8168 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.906 GPIA | 0.8217 GPIA | 0.9786 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9738 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9875 GPIA | 0.9832 GPIA | 0.9919 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Southern Asia
More education data for MDG: Southern Asia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 55.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 88.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.205 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 94.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 54.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 28.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Southern Asia was 0.9919 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in MDG: Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8168 GPIA in 1999.
- How does MDG: Southern Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- MDG: Southern Asia ranks 83rd 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?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Southern 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