School life expectancy, tertiary, male in WB: South Asia
WB: South Asia: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 1.6 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in WB: South Asia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in WB: South Asia is 1.6 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in WB: South Asia peaked at 1.6 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5563 years, in 2000.
That places WB: South Asia 115th 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, tertiary, male in WB: South Asia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.557 years | — |
| 2000 | 0.5563 years | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5623 years | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.5859 years | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6173 years | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.6348 years | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6148 years | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6585 years | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7569 years | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8626 years | +14.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9253 years | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 1.02 years | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 1.23 years | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 1.24 years | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.19 years | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 1.23 years | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1.29 years | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 1.3 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.31 years | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.34 years | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 1.36 years | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.38 years | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.47 years | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 1.55 years | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 1.6 years | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 1.6 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.557 years | 0.557 years | 0.557 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6775 years | 0.5563 years | 0.9253 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.25 years | 1.02 years | 1.36 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.52 years | 1.38 years | 1.6 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: South Asia
More education data for WB: South Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 74.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 78.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 43.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.84 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 54.52 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 113.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 59.18 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in WB: South Asia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in WB: South Asia was 1.6 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in WB: South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in WB: South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5563 years in 2000.
- How does WB: South Asia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- WB: South Asia ranks 115th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in WB: South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: South 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release