Gambia vs Kuwait: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Gambia
1.14 index
in 2025
Kuwait
1.13 index
in 2021
Gambia rank
3rd
Kuwait rank
4th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Gambia
- Kuwait
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 1.14 index against 1.13 index in Kuwait, a difference of 0.01 index.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Kuwait ahead.
Gambia ranks 3rd and Kuwait ranks 4th of 215 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4655 index | 0.9252 index | 0.4598 index | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 0.5791 index | 1.02 index | 0.4421 index | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.7617 index | 1 index | 0.2426 index | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.9813 index | 1.01 index | 0.0336 index | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 1.06 index | 1.07 index | 0.0123 index | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.11 index | 1.14 index | 0.0288 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, Gambia or Kuwait?
- Gambia, at 1.14 index against 1.13 index in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Gambia and Kuwait?
- 0.01 index, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Kuwait?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Gambia and Kuwait rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Gambia ranks 3rd and Kuwait ranks 4th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) β 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.