Barbados vs Guatemala: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Barbados
0.9807 index
in 2024
Guatemala
0.9812 index
in 2024
Barbados rank
143rd
Guatemala rank
140th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Barbados
- Guatemala
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 0.9812 index against 0.9807 index in Barbados, a difference of 0.0005 index.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 143rd and Guatemala ranks 140th of 215 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9698 index | 0.8323 index | 0.1375 index | Barbados |
| 1980s | 0.9873 index | 0.8503 index | 0.137 index | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0.9842 index | 0.8663 index | 0.1179 index | Barbados |
| 2000s | 0.9845 index | 0.9273 index | 0.0572 index | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.9818 index | 0.9564 index | 0.0255 index | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.9735 index | 0.9733 index | 0.0003 index | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Barbados or Guatemala?
- Guatemala, at 0.9812 index against 0.9807 index in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Barbados and Guatemala?
- 0.0005 index, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Guatemala?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Guatemala rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 143rd and Guatemala ranks 140th 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.