School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Southern Asia
SDG: Southern Asia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9921 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Southern Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Southern Asia is 0.9921 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Southern Asia peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7932 GPIA, in 1999.
SDG: Southern Asia ranks 86th 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 SDG: Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7932 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7988 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8082 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8231 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8889 GPIA | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 0.883 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8982 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9062 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9183 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9369 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.954 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9551 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.957 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.959 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9735 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9783 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9728 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9632 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9728 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9806 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9921 GPIA | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7932 GPIA | 0.7932 GPIA | 0.7932 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8816 GPIA | 0.7988 GPIA | 0.954 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9878 GPIA | 0.9551 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9763 GPIA | 0.9632 GPIA | 0.9921 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Southern Asia
More education data for SDG: 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 secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Southern Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Southern Asia was 0.9921 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- 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 SDG: Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7932 GPIA in 1999.
- How does SDG: Southern Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: Southern Asia ranks 86th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in SDG: Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Southern Asia 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