School life expectancy, primary, female in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary, female was 4.84 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.84 years
Change on year
up 2.7%
Rank
193rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
4.84 years
in 2024
All-time low
1.57 years
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, female in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 4.84 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 4.84 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.57 years, in 1971.
GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 193rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, female in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.6 years | — |
| 1971 | 1.57 years | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 1.79 years | +14.1% |
| 1973 | 2 years | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 1.94 years | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 2.03 years | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 2.09 years | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 2.11 years | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 2.13 years | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 2.13 years | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2.12 years | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 2.22 years | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 2.29 years | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 2.22 years | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 2.32 years | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 2.32 years | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 2.32 years | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2.29 years | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 2.61 years | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 2.63 years | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 2.74 years | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 2.82 years | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 2.89 years | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 2.95 years | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 3.06 years | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 3.15 years | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 3.19 years | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 3.22 years | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 3.27 years | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 3.33 years | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 3.41 years | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 3.41 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 3.61 years | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 3.83 years | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 3.89 years | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 4.03 years | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 4.07 years | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 4.18 years | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 4.14 years | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 4.21 years | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 4.32 years | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 4.39 years | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 4.44 years | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 4.44 years | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 4.47 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 4.48 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 4.56 years | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 4.44 years | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 4.51 years | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 4.62 years | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 4.61 years | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 4.6 years | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 4.6 years | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 4.71 years | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 4.84 years | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.94 years | 1.57 years | 2.13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.34 years | 2.12 years | 2.63 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.06 years | 2.74 years | 3.33 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.88 years | 3.41 years | 4.21 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.47 years | 4.32 years | 4.62 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.67 years | 4.6 years | 4.84 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.41 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 4.84 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 4.84 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.57 years in 1971.
- How does GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 193rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release