School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bahamas
Bahamas: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.06 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bahamas, 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 1.06 GPIA for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bahamas peaked at 1.17 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9693 GPIA, in 2002.
Bahamas ranks 26th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 1.07 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9693 GPIA | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 1.04 GPIA | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.1 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 1.05 GPIA | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 1.17 GPIA | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPIA | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.01 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 1.09 GPIA | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 1.06 GPIA | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.03 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9693 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.17 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 23 Marshall Islands 1.07 GPIA compare
- 24 Oman 1.06 GPIA compare
- 25 United Arab Emirates 1.06 GPIA compare
- 27 Belize 1.06 GPIA compare
- 28 Jordan 1.06 GPIA compare
- 29 Seychelles 1.06 GPIA compare
More education data for Bahamas
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,497 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 92.86 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 92.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bahamas?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bahamas was 1.06 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9693 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Bahamas rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Bahamas ranks 26th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release