Kuwait vs Niue: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Kuwait
1.13 index
in 2021
Niue
1.2 index
in 2025
Kuwait rank
4th
Niue rank
2nd
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Kuwait
- Niue
How they compare
Niue currently reports 1.2 index against 1.13 index in Kuwait, a difference of 0.07 index.
That makes Niue's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Niue ahead.
Kuwait ranks 4th and Niue ranks 2nd of 215 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 3 and Niue in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9002 index | 0.9824 index | 0.0823 index | Niue |
| 1980s | 1.02 index | 1.01 index | 0.0157 index | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.9962 index | 1 index | 0.0047 index | Niue |
| 2000s | 1.02 index | 1.05 index | 0.0316 index | Niue |
| 2010s | 1.1 index | 0.9354 index | 0.1598 index | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.14 index | 0.9125 index | 0.2265 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, Kuwait or Niue?
- Niue, at 1.2 index against 1.13 index in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Kuwait and Niue?
- 0.07 index, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Niue?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Kuwait and Niue rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kuwait ranks 4th 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.