Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in India
India: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9908 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in India, 1971–2025
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 India is 0.9908 index, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in India peaked at 1.12 index in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6372 index, in 1971.
That places India 126th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in India, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6372 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.6421 index | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6506 index | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6514 index | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6533 index | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.658 index | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6605 index | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.6499 index | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.6632 index | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.6673 index | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.6746 index | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6753 index | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.6847 index | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6893 index | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7059 index | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7281 index | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7428 index | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7492 index | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7337 index | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7447 index | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7682 index | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.778 index | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8077 index | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.816 index | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8166 index | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8248 index | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8317 index | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8357 index | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8348 index | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8417 index | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8503 index | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8679 index | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.968 index | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9782 index | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 1 index | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 1.02 index | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.01 index | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.01 index | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.01 index | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.08 index | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 1.08 index | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.09 index | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.12 index | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 1.12 index | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.01 index | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 1.01 index | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.01 index | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 index | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9936 index | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9868 index | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9876 index | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.9908 index | +0.3% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.9908 index is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 0.9908 index is below the median for South Asia, which is 1.04 index, 95% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6518 index | 0.6372 index | 0.6632 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7051 index | 0.6673 index | 0.7492 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8058 index | 0.7447 index | 0.8357 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9324 index | 0.8417 index | 1.02 index | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.05 index | 1.01 index | 1.12 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9943 index | 0.9868 index | 1.01 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More health data for India
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4372 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,332 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 44,822 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 38 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3809 % 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 0.0372 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5922 % 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 India?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in India was 0.9908 index in 2025, 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 index in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6372 index in 1971.
- How does India rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- India ranks 126th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.