School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Asia
South Asia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.05 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Asia, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
South Asia recorded 1.05 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 46.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Asia peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2805 GPI, in 1971.
South Asia ranks 29th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Asia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.281 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.2805 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.2832 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.2847 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.2932 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.3069 GPI | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 0.3194 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 0.3437 GPI | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 0.3481 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.3615 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 0.3604 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.372 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.4047 GPI | +8.8% |
| 1983 | 0.3977 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.3965 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4225 GPI | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4329 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.4324 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.4592 GPI | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 0.4664 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.4797 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 0.4903 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4967 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.5064 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5168 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.5288 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.5711 GPI | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 0.584 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.6051 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.6254 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.6424 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.669 GPI | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6798 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6689 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.6661 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7088 GPI | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7222 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.7035 GPI | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.7062 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7132 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7389 GPI | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7914 GPI | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8745 GPI | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9247 GPI | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9658 GPI | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9607 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.967 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9896 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 1.05 GPI | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3102 GPI | 0.2805 GPI | 0.3615 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4145 GPI | 0.3604 GPI | 0.4664 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5404 GPI | 0.4797 GPI | 0.6254 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.688 GPI | 0.6424 GPI | 0.7222 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9269 GPI | 0.7389 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
More education data for South Asia
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.84 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 119.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5.84 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 119.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 118.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 709.68 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Asia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Asia was 1.05 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2805 GPI in 1971.
- How does South Asia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- South Asia ranks 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.