Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9436 index in 2010. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, 1971–2010
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 Guinea-Bissau is 0.9436 index, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.9436 index in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.426 index, in 1971.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 193rd of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.426 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.6523 index | +53.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7725 index | +18.4% |
| 1976 | 0.5593 index | -27.6% |
| 1978 | 0.5199 index | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 0.501 index | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 0.4963 index | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.4798 index | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 0.4798 index | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.5059 index | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 0.5133 index | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.5191 index | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.5432 index | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5384 index | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.5578 index | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 0.5578 index | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.563 index | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.5738 index | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.5876 index | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.587 index | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5859 index | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.586 index | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6752 index | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9436 index | +39.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5718 index | 0.426 index | 0.7725 index | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.5148 index | 0.4798 index | 0.5578 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5773 index | 0.5578 index | 0.5876 index | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.6752 index | 0.6752 index | 0.6752 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9436 index | 0.9436 index | 0.9436 index | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 190 Namibia 0.9466 index compare
- 191 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9459 index compare
- 192 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9452 index compare
- 194 French Polynesia 0.943 index compare
- 195 Mozambique 0.9429 index compare
- 196 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9417 index compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau was 0.9436 index in 2010, 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9436 index in 2010.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.426 index in 1971.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 193rd out of 215 countries with data for 2010.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.