School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9737 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9737 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.2%
Rank
147th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9737 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.4572 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) recorded 0.9737 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) peaked at 0.9737 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4572 GPIA, in 1970.
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) ranks 147th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4572 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4633 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4828 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4921 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.4789 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 0.4917 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.5003 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.5088 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.523 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.5232 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.534 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.547 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.5788 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5614 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5954 GPIA | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 0.601 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.6173 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 0.6166 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.6455 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 0.6522 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.6646 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.681 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.6915 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7037 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7185 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.737 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7515 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.768 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7846 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8043 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8269 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8433 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8417 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8611 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8423 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8773 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8874 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8984 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9035 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9021 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.908 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9174 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9185 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.906 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9115 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9061 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9056 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9114 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9123 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9263 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9311 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9349 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.936 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9528 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9737 GPIA | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4921 GPIA | 0.4572 GPIA | 0.5232 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5949 GPIA | 0.534 GPIA | 0.6522 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7305 GPIA | 0.6646 GPIA | 0.8043 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8684 GPIA | 0.8269 GPIA | 0.9035 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9123 GPIA | 0.9056 GPIA | 0.9263 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9457 GPIA | 0.9311 GPIA | 0.9737 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
More education data for MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.7828 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) was 0.9737 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9737 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4572 GPIA in 1970.
- How does MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) ranks 147th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 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