School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)

ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9909 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9909 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
136th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.02 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.7768 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1999–2024

00.250.50.7511999201120241999: 0.777 GPIA2000: 0.783 GPIA2001: 0.794 GPIA2002: 0.809 GPIA2003: 0.872 GPIA2004: 0.865 GPIA2005: 0.883 GPIA2006: 0.889 GPIA2007: 0.897 GPIA2008: 0.916 GPIA2009: 0.931 GPIA2010: 0.933 GPIA2011: 0.936 GPIA2012: 0.948 GPIA2013: 0.994 GPIA2014: 0.998 GPIA2015: 0.998 GPIA2016: 1 GPIA2017: 1 GPIA2018: 0.973 GPIA2019: 0.981 GPIA2020: 0.969 GPIA2021: 0.965 GPIA2022: 0.971 GPIA2023: 0.981 GPIA2024: 0.991 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) recorded 0.9909 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7768 GPIA, in 1999.

That places ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 136th 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7768 GPIA 0.7768 GPIA 0.7768 GPIA 1
2000s 0.8639 GPIA 0.7829 GPIA 0.9314 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9789 GPIA 0.9334 GPIA 1.02 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9753 GPIA 0.9648 GPIA 0.9909 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)

  1. 133 Hong Kong, China 1 GPIA compare
  2. 134 Türkiye 1 GPIA compare
  3. 135 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
  4. 136 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9992 GPIA compare
  5. 137 Egypt 0.9958 GPIA compare
  6. 138 Rwanda 0.9957 GPIA compare
  7. 139 Japan 0.9955 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 400 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 0.9909 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7768 GPIA in 1999.
How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
400 places, 12,738 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release