Barbados vs Tuvalu: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Barbados
0.9807 index
in 2024
Tuvalu
0.9781 index
in 2024
Barbados rank
143rd
Tuvalu rank
147th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Barbados
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.9807 index against 0.9781 index in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.0026 index.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 143rd and Tuvalu ranks 147th of 215 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.01 index | 0.9875 index | 0.0229 index | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0.9794 index | 1.06 index | 0.081 index | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 0.9771 index | 1.05 index | 0.0718 index | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 0.9807 index | 1 index | 0.0222 index | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 0.9735 index | 1.01 index | 0.0351 index | Tuvalu |
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 Tuvalu?
- Barbados, at 0.9807 index against 0.9781 index in Tuvalu as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Barbados and Tuvalu?
- 0.0026 index, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Tuvalu?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Tuvalu rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 143rd and Tuvalu ranks 147th 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.