Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.02 index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cayman Islands, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Cayman Islands recorded 1.02 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cayman Islands peaked at 1.16 index in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.8985 index, in 1999.
Cayman Islands ranks 31st of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cayman Islands, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.16 index | — |
| 1973 | 1.07 index | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 1.09 index | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 1.09 index | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 1.01 index | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 1.05 index | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 1.03 index | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 1.03 index | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9825 index | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 0.9304 index | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8985 index | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 1 index | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9696 index | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9854 index | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9706 index | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9784 index | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9714 index | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.975 index | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.949 index | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9711 index | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9627 index | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9617 index | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9804 index | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.971 index | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.981 index | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.976 index | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9761 index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9983 index | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 1.02 index | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.07 index | 1.01 index | 1.16 index | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.9565 index | 0.9304 index | 0.9825 index | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.8985 index | 0.8985 index | 0.8985 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9755 index | 0.949 index | 1 index | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9694 index | 0.9617 index | 0.9804 index | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9905 index | 0.976 index | 1.02 index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cayman Islands?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cayman Islands was 1.02 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 Cayman Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 index in 1972.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8985 index in 1999.
- How does Cayman Islands rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cayman Islands ranks 31st out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cayman Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cayman 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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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.