School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in South Asia
South Asia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9981 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in South Asia, 1993–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
South Asia recorded 0.9981 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in South Asia peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7829 GPI, in 1993.
That places South Asia 9th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in South Asia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.7829 GPI | — |
| 1994 | 0.7905 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.7926 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8078 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8198 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8202 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8224 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8304 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8442 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8574 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9268 GPI | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9203 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9358 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9434 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9528 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9748 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9926 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9876 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.06 GPI | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 1.05 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.05 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.07 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1 GPI | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9981 GPI | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8052 GPI | 0.7829 GPI | 0.8224 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9179 GPI | 0.8304 GPI | 0.9926 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPI | 0.9876 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
More reference data data for South Asia
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 102.17 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 246.03 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 247.05 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.19 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 33.83 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 17.64 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.02 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.06 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 4.98 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 98.2% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in South Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in South Asia was 0.9981 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7829 GPI in 1993.
- How does South Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- South Asia ranks 9th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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, primary and lower secondary, 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.