Samoa vs Vietnam: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Samoa
0.9626 index
in 2024
Vietnam
0.9617 index
in 2024
Samoa rank
171st
Vietnam rank
172nd
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Samoa
- Vietnam
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.9626 index against 0.9617 index in Vietnam, a difference of 0.0009 index.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 171st and Vietnam ranks 172nd of 215 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 index | 0.9678 index | 0.043 index | Samoa |
| 1980s | 1.02 index | 0.9335 index | 0.0896 index | Samoa |
| 1990s | 0.9872 index | 0.9577 index | 0.0295 index | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.9841 index | 0.9514 index | 0.0328 index | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.9819 index | 0.9668 index | 0.0151 index | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.9713 index | 0.957 index | 0.0143 index | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Samoa or Vietnam?
- Samoa, at 0.9626 index against 0.9617 index in Vietnam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Samoa and Vietnam?
- 0.0009 index, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Vietnam?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Vietnam rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Samoa ranks 171st and Vietnam ranks 172nd 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.