Bangladesh vs Kuwait: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Bangladesh
1.11 index
in 2024
Kuwait
1.13 index
in 2021
Bangladesh rank
5th
Kuwait rank
4th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Bangladesh
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 1.13 index against 1.11 index in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.02 index.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Kuwait ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 5th and Kuwait ranks 4th of 215 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 1 and Kuwait in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5567 index | 0.9252 index | 0.3686 index | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 0.7034 index | 1.02 index | 0.3173 index | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.8412 index | 1.02 index | 0.1757 index | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 1.05 index | 1.01 index | 0.0316 index | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 1.05 index | 1.08 index | 0.0277 index | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.08 index | 1.14 index | 0.0585 index | Kuwait |
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 Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 1.13 index against 1.11 index in Bangladesh as of 2021.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Bangladesh and Kuwait?
- 0.02 index, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Kuwait?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Bangladesh and Kuwait rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Bangladesh ranks 5th and Kuwait ranks 4th 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.