Education in SDG: Central and Southern Asia 542 indicators covering education for SDG: Central and Southern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Outbound mobility ratio to South and West Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.1% 2023 up 32.9% 93rd Enrolment in upper secondary education, both sexes 94.20 million 2024 up 12.4% 19th Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education 0.666 GPIA 2024 up 8.0% 192nd Enrolment in upper secondary education, female 45.26 million 2024 up 16.2% 19th Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) 0.4% 2023 up 150.1% 38th Enrolment in upper secondary education, male 48.94 million 2024 up 9.1% 19th Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS) 0.9% 2023 up 90.8% 81st Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 83.3% 2024 up 2.9% 116th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 down 77.4% 207th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 82.7% 2024 up 3.0% 115th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 100.6% 2024 up 4.6% 52nd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 83.9% 2024 up 2.9% 113th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% 53rd Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 1.8% 2023 up 119.7% 99th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 down 73.3% 206th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 3.7% 2023 up 100.7% 130th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 222.31 million 2024 down 8.4% 19th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 8.22 years 2024 up 5.9% 132nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 100.3% 2024 up 2.7% 60th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9953 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% 78th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 100.8% 2024 up 6.4% 52nd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.7% 2024 down 0.3% 53rd School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 101.25 million 2024 down 4.1% 40th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 124.77 million 2024 down 9.9% 21st School age population, early childhood education, male 52.26 million 2024 down 4.5% 40th School age population, early childhood education, female 48.99 million 2024 down 3.6% 41st Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 347.08 million 2024 down 8.9% 21st Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 64.0% 2024 unchanged 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 64.6% 2024 up 11.5% 120th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 1.84 million 2024 up 66.6% 88th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 8.26 years 2024 up 7.7% 136th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 8.18 years 2024 up 4.1% 132nd School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9915 GPIA 2024 down 3.3% 88th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 64.5% 2024 up 15.2% 119th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.997 GPI 2024 up 6.4% 108th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 64.7% 2024 up 8.3% 114th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.2% 2024 up 2,068.2% 173rd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.4% 2024 up 8,284.9% 155th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.8% 2024 down 0.2% 49th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 72.3% 2024 up 8.0% 122nd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.6% 2024 down 0.4% 67th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 93.0% 2024 down 0.7% 28th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.3% 2024 up 4,277.0% 169th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 7.0% 2024 up 10.3% 194th Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 18.42 million 2025 down 23.1% 12th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 9.6% 2025 down 21.3% 22nd Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 91.2% 2024 down 1.0% 31st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 94.8% 2024 down 0.5% 26th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 8.8% 2024 up 12.2% 191st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 5.2% 2024 up 9.4% 196th Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 5.41 million 2024 up 49.3% 31st Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 805,902 2024 up 39.1% 78th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 197,043 2023 up 310.1% 27th Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 5.88 million 2024 up 106.5% 18th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 16.4% 2024 up 3.3% 2nd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 1.03 million 2024 up 96.9% 86th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 2.95 million 2024 up 67.8% 37th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 54.5% 2024 up 12.4% 114th Teachers in lower secondary education, male 2.46 million 2024 up 31.9% 20th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 48.9% 2024 up 12.4% 115th ← Previous Page 4 of 10 Next →