School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: South Asia
UNICEF: South Asia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9899 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: South Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: South Asia stood at 0.9899 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: South Asia peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8127 GPIA, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: South Asia 92nd 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 UNICEF: South Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8127 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8182 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8308 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8438 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9129 GPIA | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9067 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.922 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9301 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.94 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9617 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9783 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9734 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9793 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9837 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9832 GPIA | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9859 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9877 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9843 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9805 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9829 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9899 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8127 GPIA | 0.8127 GPIA | 0.8127 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9044 GPIA | 0.8182 GPIA | 0.9783 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9734 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.985 GPIA | 0.9805 GPIA | 0.9899 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: South Asia
More education data for UNICEF: South Asia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 51.70 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.43 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 84.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1267 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 26.43 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: South Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: South Asia was 0.9899 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: South 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 UNICEF: South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8127 GPIA in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: South Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: South Asia ranks 92nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: South 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