Australia vs Canada: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Australia
1 index
in 2024
Canada
1 index
in 2023
Australia rank
72nd
Canada rank
69th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1 index against 1 index in Australia, a difference of 0 index.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Canada ahead.
Australia ranks 72nd and Canada ranks 69th of 215 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Canada in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9961 index | 0.9976 index | 0.0014 index | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.9978 index | 0.9978 index | 0 index | Australia |
| 2020s | 1 index | 1 index | 0.0002 index | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 1 index against 1 index in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Australia and Canada?
- 0 index, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Australia ranks 72nd and Canada ranks 69th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.