Cook Islands vs Niue: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Cook Islands
1.05 index
in 2024
Niue
1.2 index
in 2025
Cook Islands rank
10th
Niue rank
2nd
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Cook Islands
- Niue
How they compare
Niue currently reports 1.2 index against 1.05 index in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.15 index.
That makes Niue's figure about 1.1 times Cook Islands's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 10th and Niue ranks 2nd of 215 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 3 and Niue in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.07 index | 1.02 index | 0.0499 index | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 0.9816 index | 1 index | 0.0193 index | Niue |
| 2000s | 0.9877 index | 1.01 index | 0.0251 index | Niue |
| 2010s | 0.9866 index | 0.9354 index | 0.0512 index | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 1.03 index | 1.02 index | 0.0115 index | Cook Islands |
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 Niue?
- Niue, at 1.2 index against 1.05 index in Cook Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Cook Islands and Niue?
- 0.15 index, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Niue?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Cook Islands and Niue rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cook Islands ranks 10th and Niue ranks 2nd 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.