Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.05 index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cook Islands, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cook Islands is 1.05 index, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cook Islands peaked at 1.08 index in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.9381 index, in 2018.
Cook Islands ranks 10th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.08 index | — |
| 1971 | 1.07 index | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 1.07 index | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 1.07 index | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.9849 index | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 0.97 index | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 1 index | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9617 index | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9987 index | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9644 index | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9678 index | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.972 index | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1.01 index | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9576 index | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 1.04 index | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9865 index | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9741 index | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.952 index | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9915 index | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9945 index | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9692 index | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9986 index | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9639 index | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9381 index | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9842 index | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 1.02 index | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9933 index | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 1.04 index | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 1.05 index | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.05 index | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.07 index | 1.07 index | 1.08 index | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.9849 index | 0.9849 index | 0.9849 index | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9777 index | 0.9617 index | 1 index | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.987 index | 0.9576 index | 1.04 index | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.9753 index | 0.9381 index | 0.9986 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 index | 0.9933 index | 1.05 index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cook Islands?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cook Islands was 1.05 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 Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 index in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9381 index in 2018.
- How does Cook Islands rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cook Islands ranks 10th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cook 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.