Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Syria
Syria: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Syria, 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 Syria is 1 index, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Syria peaked at 1 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5946 index, in 1971.
Syria ranks 74th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Syria, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5946 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.6285 index | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6488 index | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6682 index | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6732 index | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6848 index | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6971 index | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.7109 index | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7253 index | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.7613 index | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7803 index | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.8065 index | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8243 index | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.8464 index | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.8655 index | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.8838 index | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9001 index | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.9043 index | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.9071 index | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.909 index | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.9095 index | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9105 index | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9138 index | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.9144 index | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9146 index | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9137 index | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.9159 index | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9275 index | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9211 index | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.927 index | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9344 index | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9362 index | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9479 index | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9496 index | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9569 index | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9598 index | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9596 index | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9616 index | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9624 index | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9616 index | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9659 index | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9654 index | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9694 index | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9972 index | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 1 index | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9988 index | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1 index | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1 index | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6702 index | 0.5946 index | 0.7253 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.848 index | 0.7613 index | 0.9071 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.915 index | 0.909 index | 0.9275 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9495 index | 0.927 index | 0.9624 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9656 index | 0.9616 index | 0.9694 index | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9998 index | 0.9972 index | 1 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More health data for Syria
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.1 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8632 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,122 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,491 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0038 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, annual growth rate 4.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per capita 0.0024 units per person (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Syria?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Syria was 1 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 1 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5946 index in 1971.
- How does Syria rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Syria ranks 74th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria 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.