Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Pakistan
Pakistan: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9709 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Pakistan, 1971–2024
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 Pakistan is 0.9709 index, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.9% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Pakistan peaked at 0.9709 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3845 index, in 1971.
That places Pakistan 163rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3845 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.3933 index | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.4206 index | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 0.4213 index | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.4265 index | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.4447 index | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 0.4277 index | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 0.4959 index | +16.0% |
| 1979 | 0.4933 index | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5021 index | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.5113 index | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.5219 index | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.5107 index | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.5132 index | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.521 index | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.529 index | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.5237 index | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.5335 index | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.5259 index | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.5308 index | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6861 index | +29.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6861 index | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6865 index | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7312 index | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7352 index | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7681 index | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7883 index | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8275 index | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8344 index | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8426 index | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8385 index | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.843 index | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8531 index | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8514 index | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8371 index | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8426 index | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8415 index | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8501 index | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8301 index | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.862 index | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.8519 index | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8561 index | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8674 index | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9709 index | +11.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4342 index | 0.3845 index | 0.4959 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.5192 index | 0.5021 index | 0.5335 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5308 index | 0.5308 index | 0.5308 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7586 index | 0.6861 index | 0.8426 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8449 index | 0.8301 index | 0.862 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8866 index | 0.8519 index | 0.9709 index | 4 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8219 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 944.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 55,286 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 0.4132 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1773 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.2929 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1852 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Pakistan?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Pakistan was 0.9709 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9709 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3845 index in 1971.
- How does Pakistan rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Pakistan ranks 163rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.