Ghana vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Ghana
0.9928 index
in 2024
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.9935 index
in 2024
Ghana rank
121st
Turks and Caicos Islands rank
118th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Ghana
- Turks and Caicos Islands
How they compare
Turks and Caicos Islands currently reports 0.9935 index against 0.9928 index in Ghana, a difference of 0.0007 index.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
Ghana ranks 121st and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 118th of 215 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Turks and Caicos Islands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Turks and Caicos Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.791 index | 1.03 index | 0.2341 index | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 1990s | 0.8884 index | 1.05 index | 0.1612 index | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2000s | 0.9291 index | 0.9945 index | 0.0654 index | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2010s | 0.9864 index | 0.8713 index | 0.1151 index | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.9888 index | 0.9049 index | 0.0839 index | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Ghana or Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Turks and Caicos Islands, at 0.9935 index against 0.9928 index in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Ghana and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 0.0007 index, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Ghana ranks 121st and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 118th 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.