Kiribati vs Lesotho: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Kiribati
0.9585 index
in 2024
Lesotho
0.9577 index
in 2024
Kiribati rank
178th
Lesotho rank
180th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 0.9585 index against 0.9577 index in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0008 index.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Lesotho ahead.
Kiribati ranks 178th and Lesotho ranks 180th of 215 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.02 index | 1.31 index | 0.2938 index | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 1.01 index | 1.22 index | 0.2119 index | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 0.9918 index | 1.1 index | 0.1086 index | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 0.9974 index | 0.9916 index | 0.0059 index | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 0.9964 index | 0.9587 index | 0.0377 index | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 0.9512 index | 0.9624 index | 0.0111 index | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Kiribati or Lesotho?
- Kiribati, at 0.9585 index against 0.9577 index in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Kiribati and Lesotho?
- 0.0008 index, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Lesotho?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Lesotho rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kiribati ranks 178th and Lesotho ranks 180th 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.