Equatorial Guinea vs Jamaica: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Equatorial Guinea
0.9973 index
in 2015
Jamaica
0.9965 index
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
104th
Jamaica rank
107th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Jamaica
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.9973 index against 0.9965 index in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0008 index.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Jamaica ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 104th and Jamaica ranks 107th of 215 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7892 index | 0.9966 index | 0.2074 index | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 0.9464 index | 0.9892 index | 0.0427 index | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.9587 index | 0.9895 index | 0.0308 index | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 1 index | 0.0054 index | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Equatorial Guinea or Jamaica?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 0.9973 index against 0.9965 index in Jamaica as of 2015.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Equatorial Guinea and Jamaica?
- 0.0008 index, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Jamaica?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Jamaica rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 104th and Jamaica ranks 107th 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.