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
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1999–2024
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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)
- 127 Azerbaijan 1.02 GPIA compare
- 128 Germany 1.02 GPIA compare
- 129 Singapore 1.01 GPIA compare
- 130 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.01 GPIA compare
- 131 Turkmenistan 1.01 GPIA compare
- 132 Ghana 1.01 GPIA compare
- 133 Peru 1 GPIA compare
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 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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February 2026 Data Release