Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9713 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Solomon Islands, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2024, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Solomon Islands stood at 0.9713 index.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Solomon Islands peaked at 0.998 index in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5838 index, in 1971.
That places Solomon Islands 162nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6464 index | — |
| 1971 | 0.5838 index | -9.7% |
| 1972 | 0.6709 index | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 0.6684 index | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7061 index | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6818 index | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.7119 index | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 0.7616 index | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7335 index | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 0.751 index | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7803 index | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 0.784 index | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.8068 index | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.8284 index | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8696 index | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 0.887 index | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.886 index | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.8769 index | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8791 index | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8895 index | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9311 index | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9207 index | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9294 index | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9396 index | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9568 index | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9629 index | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9935 index | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9847 index | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9821 index | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9853 index | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9655 index | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9819 index | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9823 index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9908 index | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.998 index | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9926 index | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9607 index | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9846 index | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9713 index | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6916 index | 0.5838 index | 0.7616 index | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8138 index | 0.7803 index | 0.8696 index | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.8916 index | 0.8769 index | 0.9311 index | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9419 index | 0.9207 index | 0.9629 index | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9857 index | 0.9655 index | 0.998 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9722 index | 0.9607 index | 0.9846 index | 3 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More health data for Solomon Islands
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.85 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8993 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 863.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 106 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 1.25 % 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 0.177 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 1.21 % 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 0.1886 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Solomon Islands?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Solomon Islands was 0.9713 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.998 index in 2018.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5838 index in 1971.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Solomon Islands ranks 162nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.