Bangladesh vs Gambia: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Bangladesh
1.11 index
in 2024
Gambia
1.14 index
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
5th
Gambia rank
3rd
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Bangladesh
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 1.14 index against 1.11 index in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.03 index.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 5th and Gambia ranks 3rd of 215 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and Gambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5567 index | 0.4655 index | 0.0912 index | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 0.6921 index | 0.5791 index | 0.1131 index | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 1.05 index | 1.04 index | 0.0061 index | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 1.05 index | 1.06 index | 0.0094 index | Gambia |
| 2020s | 1.1 index | 1.12 index | 0.0206 index | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Bangladesh or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 1.14 index against 1.11 index in Bangladesh as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Bangladesh and Gambia?
- 0.03 index, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Gambia?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Gambia rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Bangladesh ranks 5th and Gambia ranks 3rd 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.