Cook Islands vs Kuwait: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Cook Islands
1.05 index
in 2024
Kuwait
1.13 index
in 2021
Cook Islands rank
10th
Kuwait rank
4th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Cook Islands
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 1.13 index against 1.05 index in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.08 index.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Cook Islands's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 10th and Kuwait ranks 4th of 215 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 1 and Kuwait in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.07 index | 0.8746 index | 0.1948 index | Cook Islands |
| 1980s | 0.9849 index | 1 index | 0.0174 index | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.9777 index | 0.9957 index | 0.018 index | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.987 index | 1.01 index | 0.0259 index | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.9753 index | 1.07 index | 0.0953 index | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 1.14 index | 0.1332 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, Cook Islands or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 1.13 index against 1.05 index in Cook Islands as of 2021.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Cook Islands and Kuwait?
- 0.08 index, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Kuwait?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Cook Islands and Kuwait rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cook Islands ranks 10th 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.