Gambia vs Niue: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Gambia
1.14 index
in 2025
Niue
1.2 index
in 2025
Gambia rank
3rd
Niue rank
2nd
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Gambia
- Niue
How they compare
Niue currently reports 1.2 index against 1.14 index in Gambia, a difference of 0.06 index.
That makes Niue's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Niue ahead.
Gambia ranks 3rd and Niue ranks 2nd of 215 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Niue in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4603 index | 0.9824 index | 0.5221 index | Niue |
| 1980s | 0.5843 index | 0.9985 index | 0.4141 index | Niue |
| 1990s | 0.8266 index | 1 index | 0.1743 index | Niue |
| 2000s | 0.9712 index | 1.05 index | 0.0756 index | Niue |
| 2010s | 1.07 index | 0.9354 index | 0.1341 index | Gambia |
| 2020s | 1.13 index | 1.05 index | 0.0768 index | Gambia |
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 Niue?
- Niue, at 1.2 index against 1.14 index in Gambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Gambia and Niue?
- 0.06 index, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Niue?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Niue rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Gambia ranks 3rd and Niue ranks 2nd 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.