Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9935 index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Turks and Caicos Islands, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Turks and Caicos Islands recorded 0.9935 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Turks and Caicos Islands peaked at 1.09 index in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.85 index, in 2018.
Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 118th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Turks and Caicos Islands, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.09 index | — |
| 1978 | 0.9617 index | -11.7% |
| 1994 | 1.08 index | +12.6% |
| 1997 | 1.02 index | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 1.02 index | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9827 index | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 1.05 index | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 1.01 index | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9769 index | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 1.02 index | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 1.02 index | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9025 index | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 0.894 index | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8716 index | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8627 index | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.85 index | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8782 index | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8751 index | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8761 index | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.8751 index | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9448 index | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9935 index | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.03 index | 0.9617 index | 1.09 index | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.04 index | 1.02 index | 1.08 index | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9945 index | 0.9025 index | 1.05 index | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.8713 index | 0.85 index | 0.894 index | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9129 index | 0.8751 index | 0.9935 index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Turks and Caicos Islands was 0.9935 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 index in 1972.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.85 index in 2018.
- How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 118th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turks and Caicos 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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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.