School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) recorded 1 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7469 GPIA, in 1999.
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 89th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7469 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7531 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7621 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.7829 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.825 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8217 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8411 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8497 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8687 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8883 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9161 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9219 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9269 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9313 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9668 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9762 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9762 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.979 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9752 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9782 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9808 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9687 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9532 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9752 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9878 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7469 GPIA | 0.7469 GPIA | 0.7469 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8309 GPIA | 0.7531 GPIA | 0.9161 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9612 GPIA | 0.9219 GPIA | 0.9808 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9775 GPIA | 0.9532 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
- 86 Jordan 1.03 GPIA compare
- 87 Montenegro 1.03 GPIA compare
- 88 Ecuador 1.03 GPIA compare
- 89 Malawi 1.03 GPIA compare
- 90 Saudi Arabia 1.02 GPIA compare
- 91 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.02 GPIA compare
- 92 United States of America 1.02 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.19 % 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)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 194.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 56.34 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7469 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 89th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release