Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Togo
Togo: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9804 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9804 index
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
144th
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.9825 index
in 2020
All-time low
0.44 index
in 1971
Years of data
53
1971–2024
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Togo, 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 Togo is 0.9804 index, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Togo peaked at 0.9825 index in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.44 index, in 1971.
Togo ranks 144th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Togo, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.44 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.451 index | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.471 index | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 0.4872 index | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.5032 index | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.5282 index | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 0.5528 index | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.5686 index | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.5985 index | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6163 index | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 0.6424 index | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 0.6439 index | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.6449 index | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.6355 index | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6205 index | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.6099 index | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.6132 index | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.6229 index | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.6273 index | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.642 index | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.6467 index | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.6713 index | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.6646 index | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6789 index | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6921 index | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7104 index | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7385 index | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.759 index | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7834 index | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7997 index | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8208 index | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8329 index | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8462 index | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8571 index | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8676 index | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8729 index | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8848 index | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8608 index | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9093 index | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9184 index | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9326 index | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9439 index | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9546 index | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9648 index | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.965 index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9674 index | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9785 index | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9788 index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9825 index | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9779 index | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9807 index | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9796 index | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9804 index | +0.1% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 0.9804 index is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 100% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Togo's 0.9804 index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9709 index, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5112 index | 0.44 index | 0.5985 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.6277 index | 0.6099 index | 0.6449 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6893 index | 0.642 index | 0.759 index | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8426 index | 0.7834 index | 0.8848 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9513 index | 0.9093 index | 0.9788 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9802 index | 0.9779 index | 0.9825 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More health data for Togo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7948 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 875 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5,021 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 2.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0681 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Togo?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Togo was 0.9804 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9825 index in 2020.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.44 index in 1971.
- How does Togo rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Togo ranks 144th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.