Namibia vs WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity

Namibia
0.84 GPIA
in 2023
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
0.95 GPIA
in 2024
Namibia rank
38th
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank
38th

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity over time

  • Namibia
  • WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
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How they compare

WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) currently reports 0.95 GPIA against 0.84 GPIA in Namibia, a difference of 0.11 GPIA.

That makes WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1991 it was WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ahead.

Namibia ranks 38th and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 38th of 84 countries.

WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1990s 0.65 GPIA 0.86 GPIA 0.21 GPIA WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
2000s 0.73 GPIA 0.88 GPIA 0.15 GPIA WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
2010s 0.8576 GPIA 0.9267 GPIA 0.069 GPIA WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
2020s 0.84 GPIA 0.95 GPIA 0.11 GPIA WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity, Namibia or WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), at 0.95 GPIA against 0.84 GPIA in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity between Namibia and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
0.11 GPIA, with WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
6 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
How do Namibia and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank globally for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity?
Namibia ranks 38th and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 38th of 84 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, 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

Indicator
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
284 places, 9,465 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release