School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9916 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) stood at 0.9916 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7954 GPIA, in 1999.
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 91st 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 secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7954 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8008 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8242 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.887 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8828 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8988 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9069 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9187 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9373 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9544 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9556 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9575 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9745 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9785 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9736 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9644 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9732 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9806 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9916 GPIA | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7954 GPIA | 0.7954 GPIA | 0.7954 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8821 GPIA | 0.8008 GPIA | 0.9544 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9878 GPIA | 0.9556 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9767 GPIA | 0.9644 GPIA | 0.9916 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
More education data for ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.5261 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 100.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1925 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 93.84 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 108.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) was 0.9916 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7954 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 91st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release