Education in WB: South Asia 486 indicators covering education for WB: South Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 85.1% 2024 up 0.5% 106th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 106.6% 2024 up 4.3% 5th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 89.1% 2024 down 0.0% 94th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% 5th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 1.7% 2023 up 122.6% 102nd Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 down 34.3% 215th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 2.7% 2023 up 114.6% 159th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 171.17 million 2024 down 11.7% 29th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 8.63 years 2024 up 4.5% 101st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 107.6% 2024 up 1.5% 5th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 4.8% 3rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 105.8% 2024 up 7.0% 6th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.6% 2024 down 0.4% 64th School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 78.11 million 2024 down 7.4% 58th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 95.67 million 2024 down 13.8% 33rd School age population, early childhood education, male 40.39 million 2024 down 7.9% 58th School age population, early childhood education, female 37.72 million 2024 down 6.9% 58th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 266.85 million 2024 down 12.5% 33rd Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 64.0% 2024 unchanged 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 69.3% 2024 up 11.5% 103rd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 1.53 million 2024 up 83.0% 97th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 8.57 years 2024 up 7.3% 104th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 8.69 years 2024 up 1.6% 90th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 4.9% 7th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 70.0% 2024 up 15.2% 100th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2024 up 6.5% 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 68.6% 2024 up 8.1% 101st Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.2% 2024 — 162nd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.6% 2024 — 140th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.8% 2024 down 0.2% 59th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 75.7% 2024 up 6.9% 108th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.4% 2024 down 0.6% 81st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 94.3% 2024 down 2.6% 18th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.4% 2024 — 157th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 5.7% 2024 up 80.6% 203rd Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 92.7% 2024 down 2.7% 20th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 95.9% 2024 down 2.7% 14th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 7.3% 2024 up 55.4% 201st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 4.1% 2024 up 177.8% 207th Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 3.90 million 2024 up 54.4% 51st Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 690,968 2024 up 40.9% 89th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 176,620 2023 up 343.8% 37th Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 3.94 million 2024 up 78.4% 41st Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 840,972 2024 up 142.7% 101st Teachers in lower secondary education, female 1.96 million 2024 up 81.8% 56th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 50.3% 2024 up 17.8% 139th Teachers in lower secondary education, male 1.94 million 2024 up 33.9% 40th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 44.7% 2024 up 10.2% 140th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 1.76 million 2024 up 96.6% 52nd Teachers in upper secondary education, male 2.18 million 2024 up 66.0% 33rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% 90th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 76.2% 2024 up 5.8% 109th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 75.2% 2024 up 8.0% 106th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 40,482 2023 up 1,204.6% 52nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 700,447 2023 up 296.8% 49th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 57,676 2023 up 616.6% 130th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 1.07 million 2023 up 273.6% 54th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 312.5% 50th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 261,819 2024 up 117.0% 85th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 123,406 2024 up 155.2% 90th ← Previous Page 4 of 9 Next →