School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia
UNICEF: South Asia: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7314 GPIA, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: South Asia 75th 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7314 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7381 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.7485 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.773 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8221 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8141 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8326 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8411 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8599 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8819 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9113 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9181 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9241 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9279 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9658 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9756 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9755 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.978 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9752 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9768 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9804 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9662 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9492 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.974 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9878 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7314 GPIA | 0.7314 GPIA | 0.7314 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8223 GPIA | 0.7381 GPIA | 0.9113 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9597 GPIA | 0.9181 GPIA | 0.9804 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9763 GPIA | 0.9492 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: South Asia
More education data for UNICEF: South Asia
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.69 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 pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 51.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 26.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 91.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: South Asia 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 UNICEF: South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7314 GPIA in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: South Asia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: South Asia ranks 75th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release