School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.983 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.983 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.4%
Rank
132nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.983 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.4314 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) recorded 0.983 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) peaked at 0.983 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4314 GPIA, in 1970.
That places MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 132nd 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 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4314 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4319 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.4469 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 0.4551 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.4546 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.4597 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.4589 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4464 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.4506 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.465 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.4853 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 0.4615 GPIA | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 0.4847 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4966 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 0.5227 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 0.522 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.5593 GPIA | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 0.5697 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.5814 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.5961 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.607 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.6372 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.6524 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.6761 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.6977 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.7305 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7621 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.795 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8242 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8513 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8742 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8978 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9124 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9176 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8889 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9144 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9072 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9083 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9135 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9117 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9163 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9224 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9147 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8945 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9226 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9293 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9337 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9493 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9546 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9533 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9581 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.958 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9698 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.983 GPIA | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.45 GPIA | 0.4314 GPIA | 0.465 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5279 GPIA | 0.4615 GPIA | 0.5961 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7234 GPIA | 0.607 GPIA | 0.8513 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9046 GPIA | 0.8742 GPIA | 0.9176 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9291 GPIA | 0.8945 GPIA | 0.9546 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9658 GPIA | 0.958 GPIA | 0.983 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
- 129 Cyprus 1 GPIA compare
- 130 Japan 1 GPIA compare
- 131 Czechia 1 GPIA compare
- 132 Mauritania 1 GPIA compare
- 133 Andorra 0.9973 GPIA compare
- 134 Republic of Moldova 0.9971 GPIA compare
- 135 Macau, China 0.995 GPIA compare
More education data for MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 11.57 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 pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) was 0.983 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.983 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4314 GPIA in 1970.
- How does MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) ranks 132nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release