Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.01 index in 2023. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Sri Lanka, 1970–2023
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 Sri Lanka is 1.01 index, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.06 index in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.9182 index, in 1970.
Sri Lanka ranks 38th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9182 index | — |
| 1971 | 1 index | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 0.9223 index | -8.0% |
| 1976 | 0.9257 index | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.9257 index | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.9242 index | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.9508 index | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.9554 index | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.959 index | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.9579 index | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9599 index | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.9612 index | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9637 index | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9614 index | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.9643 index | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9669 index | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9654 index | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.9652 index | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.9659 index | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9702 index | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.9692 index | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9693 index | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9732 index | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.9782 index | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.986 index | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9878 index | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9919 index | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.06 index | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9936 index | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9927 index | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.993 index | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9952 index | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9951 index | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9919 index | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9775 index | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.992 index | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9901 index | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9891 index | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9894 index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9882 index | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9936 index | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9973 index | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1 index | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.01 index | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.02 index | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.01 index | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.01 index | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9365 index | 0.9182 index | 1 index | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.9601 index | 0.9508 index | 0.9669 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9696 index | 0.9652 index | 0.9782 index | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9995 index | 0.986 index | 1.06 index | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9912 index | 0.9775 index | 1 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1.02 index | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Sri Lanka?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Sri Lanka was 1.01 index in 2023, 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 index in 2004.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9182 index in 1970.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Sri Lanka ranks 38th out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.