School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Central and Southern Asia
SDG: Central and Southern Asia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.994 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.994 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
129th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.01 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.7904 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Central and Southern Asia stood at 0.994 GPIA.
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 SDG: Central and Southern Asia peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7904 GPIA, in 1999.
That places SDG: Central and Southern Asia 129th 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 SDG: Central and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7904 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.796 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8053 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8187 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.877 GPIA | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8728 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8891 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8958 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9047 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9214 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9359 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9372 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9398 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9512 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9932 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9969 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9967 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9752 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9834 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9724 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9703 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.976 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9849 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.994 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7904 GPIA | 0.7904 GPIA | 0.7904 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8717 GPIA | 0.796 GPIA | 0.9359 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9796 GPIA | 0.9372 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9795 GPIA | 0.9703 GPIA | 0.994 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- 126 Andorra 1.02 GPIA compare
- 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
More education data for SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 92.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 99.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3161 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 192.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4111 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 8.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Central and Southern Asia was 0.994 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- 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 SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7904 GPIA in 1999.
- How does SDG: Central and Southern Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 129th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Central and Southern Asia 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