School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Central and Southern Asia
SDG: Central and Southern Asia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9915 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9915 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
88th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.05 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8238 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Central and Southern Asia stood at 0.9915 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Central and Southern Asia peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8238 GPIA, in 1999.
SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 88th 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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8238 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8284 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8519 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9157 GPIA | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9102 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9247 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9326 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9419 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9628 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9785 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9739 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9795 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9838 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9853 GPIA | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9878 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9898 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9868 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9833 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9853 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9915 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8238 GPIA | 0.8238 GPIA | 0.8238 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9087 GPIA | 0.8284 GPIA | 0.9785 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9739 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9873 GPIA | 0.9833 GPIA | 0.9915 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Central and Southern Asia
More education data for SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 92.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 99.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3161 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 192.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4111 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 8.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Central and Southern Asia was 0.9915 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in SDG: Central and 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 SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8238 GPIA in 1999.
- How does SDG: Central and Southern Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 88th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Central and 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