School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1.03 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia recorded 1.03 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8219 GPIA, in 1975.
SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia ranks 66th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8219 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.8463 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8528 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.8562 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8519 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.8515 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8447 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8419 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8503 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.8538 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8549 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.8648 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.876 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.8766 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8877 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8893 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8978 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.9062 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.9089 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9241 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.9325 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.9404 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.9495 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9593 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.97 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9762 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9795 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9824 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9838 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9928 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9967 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8458 GPIA | 0.8219 GPIA | 0.8562 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8602 GPIA | 0.8419 GPIA | 0.8877 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9278 GPIA | 0.8893 GPIA | 0.97 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9946 GPIA | 0.9762 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 89.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 80.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 98.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 169.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.74 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia was 1.03 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: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8219 GPIA in 1975.
- How does SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia ranks 66th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern and South-eastern 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