School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9937 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9937 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
130th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.01 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.7847 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1999–2024

00.250.50.7511999201120241999: 0.785 GPIA2000: 0.79 GPIA2001: 0.8 GPIA2002: 0.814 GPIA2003: 0.872 GPIA2004: 0.869 GPIA2005: 0.887 GPIA2006: 0.894 GPIA2007: 0.902 GPIA2008: 0.92 GPIA2009: 0.934 GPIA2010: 0.936 GPIA2011: 0.939 GPIA2012: 0.951 GPIA2013: 0.992 GPIA2014: 0.996 GPIA2015: 0.996 GPIA2016: 1 GPIA2017: 1 GPIA2018: 0.974 GPIA2019: 0.982 GPIA2020: 0.972 GPIA2021: 0.971 GPIA2022: 0.976 GPIA2023: 0.985 GPIA2024: 0.994 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) is 0.9937 GPIA, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7847 GPIA, in 1999.

That places ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 130th 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1999 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1999 0.7847 GPIA
2000 0.7902 GPIA +0.7%
2001 0.7998 GPIA +1.2%
2002 0.8136 GPIA +1.7%
2003 0.8717 GPIA +7.1%
2004 0.8689 GPIA -0.3%
2005 0.8866 GPIA +2.0%
2006 0.8936 GPIA +0.8%
2007 0.9024 GPIA +1.0%
2008 0.9195 GPIA +1.9%
2009 0.9344 GPIA +1.6%
2010 0.936 GPIA +0.2%
2011 0.939 GPIA +0.3%
2012 0.9506 GPIA +1.2%
2013 0.9923 GPIA +4.4%
2014 0.9962 GPIA +0.4%
2015 0.9956 GPIA -0.1%
2016 1.01 GPIA +1.6%
2017 1.01 GPIA -0.4%
2018 0.9742 GPIA -3.3%
2019 0.9823 GPIA +0.8%
2020 0.9724 GPIA -1.0%
2021 0.9707 GPIA -0.2%
2022 0.9764 GPIA +0.6%
2023 0.985 GPIA +0.9%
2024 0.9937 GPIA +0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7847 GPIA 0.7847 GPIA 0.7847 GPIA 1
2000s 0.8681 GPIA 0.7902 GPIA 0.9344 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9785 GPIA 0.936 GPIA 1.01 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9796 GPIA 0.9707 GPIA 0.9937 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)

  1. 127 Azerbaijan 1.02 GPIA compare
  2. 128 Germany 1.02 GPIA compare
  3. 129 Singapore 1.01 GPIA compare
  4. 130 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.01 GPIA compare
  5. 131 Turkmenistan 1.01 GPIA compare
  6. 132 Ghana 1.01 GPIA compare
  7. 133 Peru 1 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: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) was 0.9937 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: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7847 GPIA in 1999.
How does ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 130th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 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