Cuba vs Laos: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Cuba
0.9887 GPIA
in 2024
Laos
0.9889 GPIA
in 2025
Cuba rank
132nd
Laos rank
131st
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) over time
- Cuba
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 0.9889 GPIA against 0.9887 GPIA in Cuba, a difference of 0.0002 GPIA.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 132nd and Laos ranks 131st of 215 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9711 GPIA | 0.7286 GPIA | 0.2426 GPIA | Cuba |
| 1980s | 0.9633 GPIA | 0.8195 GPIA | 0.1438 GPIA | Cuba |
| 1990s | 0.9878 GPIA | 0.8008 GPIA | 0.187 GPIA | Cuba |
| 2000s | 0.9706 GPIA | 0.8726 GPIA | 0.098 GPIA | Cuba |
| 2010s | 0.9557 GPIA | 0.9457 GPIA | 0.0099 GPIA | Cuba |
| 2020s | 0.9812 GPIA | 0.9763 GPIA | 0.0048 GPIA | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index, Cuba or Laos?
- Laos, at 0.9889 GPIA against 0.9887 GPIA in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index between Cuba and Laos?
- 0.0002 GPIA, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Laos?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Laos rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cuba ranks 132nd and Laos ranks 131st of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release