School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: South Asia
UNICEF: South Asia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9909 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9909 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
136th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.02 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.7768 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: South Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: South Asia stood at 0.9909 GPIA.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: South Asia peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7768 GPIA, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: South Asia 136th 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 UNICEF: South Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7768 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7829 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7937 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8087 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.872 GPIA | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8655 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8826 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8892 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8974 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9155 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9314 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9334 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9365 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9477 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9941 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9981 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9983 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9727 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9808 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9689 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9648 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9712 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9809 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9909 GPIA | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7768 GPIA | 0.7768 GPIA | 0.7768 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8639 GPIA | 0.7829 GPIA | 0.9314 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9789 GPIA | 0.9334 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9753 GPIA | 0.9648 GPIA | 0.9909 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: South Asia
- 133 Peru 1 GPIA compare
- 134 Hong Kong, China 1 GPIA compare
- 135 Türkiye 1 GPIA compare
- 136 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
- 137 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9992 GPIA compare
- 138 Egypt 0.9958 GPIA compare
- 139 Rwanda 0.9957 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: South Asia
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6662 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.43 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 84.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1267 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 26.43 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: South Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: South Asia was 0.9909 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7768 GPIA in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: South Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: South Asia ranks 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: South 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