Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay
Paraguay: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9914 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay, 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 Paraguay is 0.9914 index, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay peaked at 0.9914 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9116 index, in 1970.
That places Paraguay 124th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9116 index | — |
| 1971 | 0.9247 index | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 0.9233 index | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.9315 index | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.9373 index | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.9281 index | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.9275 index | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.9299 index | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.9322 index | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.9318 index | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.9345 index | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.9368 index | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.9358 index | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9345 index | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9384 index | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9431 index | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.9492 index | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.9533 index | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.9563 index | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9626 index | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.9629 index | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.9673 index | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.9654 index | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.969 index | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.9699 index | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9801 index | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9761 index | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.9821 index | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9752 index | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.9685 index | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9691 index | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9711 index | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9751 index | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9761 index | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9788 index | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.981 index | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9795 index | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9771 index | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9758 index | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9758 index | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9694 index | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9715 index | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9801 index | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.9718 index | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9769 index | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9908 index | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9878 index | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9905 index | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9914 index | +0.1% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.9914 index is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9951 index, 100% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.9914 index is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9945 index, 100% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9278 index | 0.9116 index | 0.9373 index | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9444 index | 0.9345 index | 0.9626 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9717 index | 0.9629 index | 0.9821 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.976 index | 0.9691 index | 0.981 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9732 index | 0.9694 index | 0.9801 index | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9875 index | 0.9769 index | 0.9914 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More health data for Paraguay
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.02 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2374 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,098 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 339 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.5252 % 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 0.0469 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5185 % 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 Paraguay?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay was 0.9914 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9914 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9116 index in 1970.
- How does Paraguay rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Paraguay ranks 124th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.