Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.03 index in 2024. ▬ Flat
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in British Virgin Islands, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
British Virgin Islands recorded 1.03 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in British Virgin Islands peaked at 1.03 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8372 index, in 1971.
That places British Virgin Islands 22nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in British Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8372 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.9682 index | +15.6% |
| 1973 | 0.9496 index | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.9565 index | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.9777 index | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 0.9727 index | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.9189 index | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 0.9888 index | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 0.991 index | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.9134 index | -7.8% |
| 1985 | 0.9395 index | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8955 index | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 0.9182 index | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.9256 index | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.9569 index | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 0.9611 index | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9428 index | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.9731 index | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9795 index | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9595 index | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9175 index | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9439 index | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9436 index | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9453 index | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9578 index | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9718 index | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9624 index | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9503 index | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.958 index | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9456 index | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9354 index | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9098 index | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9024 index | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9348 index | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.968 index | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9569 index | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9719 index | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.964 index | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9731 index | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.02 index | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 1.03 index | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9401 index | 0.8372 index | 0.9777 index | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.9582 index | 0.9134 index | 0.991 index | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.9333 index | 0.8955 index | 0.9611 index | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9547 index | 0.9175 index | 0.9795 index | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9424 index | 0.9024 index | 0.968 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9928 index | 0.964 index | 1.03 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near British Virgin Islands
- 19 Argentina 1.03 index compare
- 20 Mauritania 1.03 index compare
- 21 Burkina Faso 1.03 index compare
- 23 Gibraltar 1.03 index compare
- 24 Ecuador 1.03 index compare
- 25 American Samoa 1.03 index compare
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.6532 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,597 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 274 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 218 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 245 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 265 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 233 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 10.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in British Virgin Islands?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in British Virgin Islands was 1.03 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8372 index in 1971.
- How does British Virgin Islands rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- British Virgin Islands ranks 22nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in British Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this British Virgin Islands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.