Cook Islands vs Zambia: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Cook Islands
1.05 index
in 2024
Zambia
1.04 index
in 2024
Cook Islands rank
10th
Zambia rank
12th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Cook Islands
- Zambia
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 1.05 index against 1.04 index in Zambia, a difference of 0.01 index.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 10th and Zambia ranks 12th of 215 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.07 index | 0.8024 index | 0.2707 index | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 0.9816 index | 0.8912 index | 0.0904 index | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 0.9894 index | 0.9179 index | 0.0716 index | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 0.9788 index | 0.9831 index | 0.0044 index | Zambia |
| 2020s | 1.05 index | 1.04 index | 0.0073 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 Zambia?
- Cook Islands, at 1.05 index against 1.04 index in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Cook Islands and Zambia?
- 0.01 index, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Zambia?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Cook Islands and Zambia rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cook Islands ranks 10th and Zambia ranks 12th 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.