School life expectancy, tertiary, female in SDG: Southern Asia
SDG: Southern Asia: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 1.51 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in SDG: Southern Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
SDG: Southern Asia recorded 1.51 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in SDG: Southern Asia peaked at 1.51 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3504 years, in 1999.
SDG: Southern Asia ranks 132nd 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, tertiary, female in SDG: Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.3504 years | — |
| 2000 | 0.3538 years | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.373 years | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3882 years | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.4029 years | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.4185 years | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4368 years | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4763 years | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5356 years | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 0.6123 years | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6497 years | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7326 years | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9122 years | +24.5% |
| 2012 | 1.02 years | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 1.03 years | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.11 years | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 1.16 years | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.16 years | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.19 years | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 1.23 years | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 1.3 years | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 1.33 years | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.4 years | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 1.42 years | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.5 years | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 1.51 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3504 years | 0.3504 years | 0.3504 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4647 years | 0.3538 years | 0.6497 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.09 years | 0.7326 years | 1.3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.43 years | 1.33 years | 1.51 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Southern Asia
More education data for SDG: Southern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 88.16 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 94.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 54.48 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 105.86 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 74.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 68.86 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in SDG: Southern Asia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in SDG: Southern Asia was 1.51 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3504 years in 1999.
- How does SDG: Southern Asia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- SDG: Southern Asia ranks 132nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in SDG: Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Southern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release