School life expectancy, tertiary, male in SDG: Southern Asia
SDG: Southern Asia: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 1.47 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in SDG: Southern Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
SDG: Southern Asia recorded 1.47 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in SDG: Southern Asia peaked at 1.48 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5316 years, in 2000.
SDG: Southern Asia ranks 126th 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, male in SDG: Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.5339 years | — |
| 2000 | 0.5316 years | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.5363 years | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5495 years | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.5749 years | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.5961 years | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5902 years | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6309 years | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 0.7225 years | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8194 years | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8779 years | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9684 years | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 1.15 years | +18.7% |
| 2012 | 1.17 years | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1.14 years | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 1.18 years | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 1.24 years | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 1.24 years | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.24 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.26 years | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.28 years | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.3 years | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.37 years | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 1.43 years | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 1.48 years | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 1.47 years | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5339 years | 0.5339 years | 0.5339 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6429 years | 0.5316 years | 0.8779 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.19 years | 0.9684 years | 1.28 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 years | 1.3 years | 1.48 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, male in SDG: Southern Asia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in SDG: Southern Asia was 1.47 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5316 years in 2000.
- How does SDG: Southern Asia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- SDG: Southern Asia ranks 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in SDG: Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release