Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia
Cambodia: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9589 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 0.9589 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia peaked at 1 index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6979 index, in 1972.
Cambodia ranks 177th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7516 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.6979 index | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7168 index | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8319 index | +16.1% |
| 1987 | 0.8066 index | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.8121 index | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8155 index | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.8324 index | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8193 index | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.8361 index | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8467 index | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.866 index | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8699 index | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.886 index | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.897 index | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9097 index | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9212 index | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9308 index | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9365 index | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.94 index | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9505 index | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9489 index | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9631 index | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9528 index | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9537 index | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9282 index | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9606 index | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9993 index | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9729 index | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9676 index | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.969 index | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9689 index | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9656 index | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9796 index | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 1 index | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9615 index | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9589 index | -0.3% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 0.9589 index is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 0.9589 index is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9953 index, 96% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7221 index | 0.6979 index | 0.7516 index | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.8166 index | 0.8066 index | 0.8319 index | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.8401 index | 0.8193 index | 0.866 index | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.9191 index | 0.8699 index | 0.9505 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9636 index | 0.9282 index | 0.9993 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9738 index | 0.9589 index | 1 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More health data for Cambodia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.78 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.572 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,125 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,047 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0488 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia was 0.9589 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 index in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6979 index in 1972.
- How does Cambodia rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cambodia ranks 177th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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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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.