Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Thailand
Thailand: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9854 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Thailand, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 0.9854 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Thailand peaked at 1.08 index in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.9203 index, in 1971.
That places Thailand 136th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Thailand, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9203 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.9247 index | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.921 index | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.9241 index | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.9362 index | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.94 index | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.9463 index | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.9502 index | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.9764 index | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 0.9927 index | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.9937 index | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9875 index | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9869 index | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9799 index | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9803 index | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9866 index | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9883 index | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1.01 index | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9968 index | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.01 index | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1 index | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9883 index | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9798 index | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.08 index | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9963 index | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9945 index | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9909 index | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.02 index | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9519 index | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 1.01 index | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 1 index | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.01 index | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.995 index | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.985 index | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9819 index | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9818 index | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9581 index | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9818 index | +2.5% |
| 2025 | 0.9854 index | +0.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.9854 index is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9951 index, 99% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 0.9854 index is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9953 index, 99% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9329 index | 0.9203 index | 0.9502 index | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.9764 index | 0.9764 index | 0.9764 index | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9881 index | 0.9799 index | 0.9937 index | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.9936 index | 0.9798 index | 1.01 index | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 0.9519 index | 1.08 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.979 index | 0.9581 index | 0.9854 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Thailand?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Thailand was 0.9854 index in 2025, 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 index in 2010.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9203 index in 1971.
- How does Thailand rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Thailand ranks 136th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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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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.