Cuba vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Cuba
0.9887 index
in 2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic
0.9889 index
in 2025
Cuba rank
132nd
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
131st
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Cuba
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
How they compare
Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 0.9889 index against 0.9887 index in Cuba, a difference of 0.0002 index.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 132nd and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 131st of 215 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9711 index | 0.7286 index | 0.2426 index | Cuba |
| 1980s | 0.9633 index | 0.8195 index | 0.1438 index | Cuba |
| 1990s | 0.9878 index | 0.8008 index | 0.187 index | Cuba |
| 2000s | 0.9706 index | 0.8726 index | 0.098 index | Cuba |
| 2010s | 0.9557 index | 0.9457 index | 0.0099 index | Cuba |
| 2020s | 0.9812 index | 0.9763 index | 0.0048 index | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Cuba or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 0.9889 index against 0.9887 index in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Cuba and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- 0.0002 index, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cuba ranks 132nd and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 131st 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.