Education in SDG: Southern Asia 520 indicators covering education for SDG: Southern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 81.7% 2024 up 2.7% 123rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 100.8% 2024 up 4.8% 45th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 83.1% 2024 up 2.6% 115th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% 43rd Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 1.8% 2023 up 120.7% 91st Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 down 74.9% 207th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 2.9% 2023 up 112.3% 147th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 222.26 million 2024 down 8.4% 20th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 8.19 years 2024 up 6.0% 136th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 100.6% 2024 up 2.8% 47th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.996 GPIA 2024 down 3.5% 73rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 101.0% 2024 up 6.7% 45th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.7% 2024 down 0.3% 57th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 124.75 million 2024 down 9.9% 22nd Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 347.01 million 2024 down 8.9% 22nd Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 64.0% 2024 unchanged 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 64.1% 2024 up 12.0% 121st Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 1.83 million 2024 up 66.8% 89th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 8.23 years 2024 up 7.9% 137th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 8.16 years 2024 up 4.2% 135th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9919 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% 83rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 64.1% 2024 up 15.8% 121st Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.998 GPI 2024 up 6.6% 101st Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 64.2% 2024 up 8.6% 116th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.2% 2024 up 2,107.5% 166th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.5% 2024 up 8,443.3% 149th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.8% 2024 down 0.2% 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 71.8% 2024 up 7.5% 125th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.5% 2024 down 0.5% 70th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 93.4% 2024 down 2.3% 24th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.3% 2024 up 4,359.6% 162nd Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 6.6% 2024 up 51.2% 195th Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 18.01 million 2025 down 24.1% 14th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 9.7% 2025 down 21.8% 21st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 91.7% 2024 down 2.5% 26th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 95.1% 2024 down 2.3% 20th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 8.3% 2024 up 39.0% 193rd Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 4.9% 2024 up 88.2% 199th Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 4.65 million 2024 up 51.3% 37th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 804,961 2024 up 39.2% 79th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 196,789 2023 up 311.7% 28th Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 5.29 million 2024 up 103.2% 21st Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 12.0% 2024 down 17.1% 35th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 1.03 million 2024 up 97.4% 87th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 2.45 million 2024 up 74.1% 44th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 52.8% 2024 up 15.1% 123rd Teachers in lower secondary education, male 2.20 million 2024 up 32.0% 29th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 47.1% 2024 up 14.0% 125th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 2.49 million 2024 up 131.7% 32nd Teachers in upper secondary education, male 2.80 million 2024 up 83.2% 20th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9944 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% 122nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 71.6% 2024 up 7.0% 125th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 72.0% 2024 up 7.9% 124th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 55,432 2023 up 880.9% 46th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 829,107 2023 up 264.0% 35th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 103,689 2023 up 679.4% 86th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 1.32 million 2023 up 238.7% 39th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 284.0% 55th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 552,114 2024 up 153.2% 56th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 259,492 2024 up 202.2% 55th ← Previous Page 4 of 9 Next →