Japan vs Switzerland: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Japan
0.9986 index
in 2023
Switzerland
0.9986 index
in 2024
Japan rank
95th
Switzerland rank
97th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.9986 index against 0.9986 index in Switzerland, a difference of 0 index.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Switzerland ahead.
Japan ranks 95th and Switzerland ranks 97th of 215 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 index | 0.9982 index | 0.0024 index | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.998 index | 0.9958 index | 0.0022 index | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.9982 index | 0.9978 index | 0.0004 index | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Japan or Switzerland?
- Japan, at 0.9986 index against 0.9986 index in Switzerland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0 index, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Japan ranks 95th and Switzerland ranks 97th 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.