School life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Central and Southern Asia
SDG: Central and Southern Asia: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 5.08 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Central and Southern Asia is 5.08 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Central and Southern Asia peaked at 5.09 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.79 years, in 1999.
SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 104th 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, female in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.79 years | — |
| 2000 | 2.8 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 2.82 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 2.94 years | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 3.13 years | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 3.18 years | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 3.33 years | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 3.43 years | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 3.57 years | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 3.75 years | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 3.8 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 4 years | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 4.12 years | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 4.28 years | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 4.37 years | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 4.66 years | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 4.69 years | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 4.8 years | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 4.72 years | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 4.84 years | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 4.86 years | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 4.93 years | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 4.99 years | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 5.09 years | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 5.06 years | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 5.08 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.79 years | 2.79 years | 2.79 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.28 years | 2.8 years | 3.8 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.53 years | 4 years | 4.86 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.03 years | 4.93 years | 5.09 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Central and Southern Asia
More education data for SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 99.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 8.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 57.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 29.55 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Central and Southern Asia was 5.08 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.09 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.79 years in 1999.
- How does SDG: Central and Southern Asia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 104th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Central and Southern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release