Bhutan vs Cook Islands: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Bhutan
1.07 index
in 2024
Cook Islands
1.05 index
in 2024
Bhutan rank
7th
Cook Islands rank
10th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Bhutan
- Cook Islands
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 1.07 index against 1.05 index in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.02 index.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Bhutan ranks 7th and Cook Islands ranks 10th of 215 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Cook Islands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Cook Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1742 index | 1.07 index | 0.9008 index | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 0.8493 index | 0.9777 index | 0.1284 index | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 0.9814 index | 0.987 index | 0.0055 index | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 1.06 index | 0.9753 index | 0.087 index | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 1.08 index | 1.03 index | 0.0541 index | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Bhutan or Cook Islands?
- Bhutan, at 1.07 index against 1.05 index in Cook Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Bhutan and Cook Islands?
- 0.02 index, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Cook Islands?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and Cook Islands rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Bhutan ranks 7th and Cook Islands ranks 10th 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.