Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.01 index in 2024. ▬ Flat
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Puerto Rico, 2009–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 1.01 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Puerto Rico peaked at 1.01 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9805 index, in 2014.
That places Puerto Rico 39th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1.01 index | — |
| 2010 | 1 index | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.01 index | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.01 index | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9866 index | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9805 index | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9836 index | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9862 index | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9939 index | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.01 index | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.01 index | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9942 index | 0.9805 index | 1.01 index | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 2 |
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -20 % change on previous year (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,519 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, total 2.02 million (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 15,521 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 971,601 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 64.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 14,230 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Puerto Rico?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Puerto Rico was 1.01 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9805 index in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Puerto Rico ranks 39th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.