Adjusted gender parity index for youth/adult literacy rate (ratio) by country
Countries reporting
68
Highest
1.05 ratio
Lesotho
Lowest
0.7 ratio
Niger
Median
1 ratio
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,037
What the numbers show
Adjusted gender parity index for youth/adult literacy rate (ratio) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 1.05 ratio in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.7 ratio in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 ratio, and the mean is 0.9779 ratio.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 22.7%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of the Congo (down 7.1%).
Adjusted gender parity index for youth/adult literacy rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 1.05 ratio | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1.05 ratio | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 3 | Cambodia | 1.03 ratio | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 4 | South Africa | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 4 | Uganda | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 4 | Honduras | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 1.02 ratio | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Suriname | 1.01 ratio | 2018 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | El Salvador | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Colombia | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Qatar | 1.01 ratio | 2014 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.01 ratio | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 1 ratio | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Jordan | 1 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Türkiye | 1 ratio | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 1 ratio | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Thailand | 1 ratio | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Tonga | 1 ratio | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Tunisia | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 14 | Türkiye | 1 ratio | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Uruguay | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Serbia | 1 ratio | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 1 ratio | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1 ratio | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Georgia | 1 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Chile | 1 ratio | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Spain | 1 ratio | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | State of Palestine | 1 ratio | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1 ratio | 2016 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Ecuador | 1 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Oman | 1 ratio | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 14 | Albania | 1 ratio | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Maldives | 1 ratio | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Mexico | 1 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Armenia | 1 ratio | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 1 ratio | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Nigeria | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 14 | Singapore | 1 ratio | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Peru | 1 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Philippines | 1 ratio | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Paraguay | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Kuwait | 1 ratio | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 1 ratio | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Brazil | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Guatemala | 0.99 ratio | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 0.99 ratio | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Mongolia | 0.99 ratio | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 52 | India | 0.98 ratio | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 53 | Egypt | 0.97 ratio | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 53 | Iraq | 0.97 ratio | 2017 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 55 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.96 ratio | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.96 ratio | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | 0.95 ratio | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 58 | Togo | 0.94 ratio | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 58 | Burundi | 0.94 ratio | 2017 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 0.93 ratio | 2022 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 0.92 ratio | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 61 | Morocco | 0.92 ratio | 2014 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 63 | Benin | 0.91 ratio | 2022 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 64 | Pakistan | 0.84 ratio | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 64 | Mozambique | 0.84 ratio | 2020 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 66 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.78 ratio | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 67 | Mali | 0.75 ratio | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 68 | Niger | 0.7 ratio | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.08 ratio
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.01 ratio
- Central Asia 1 ratio
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1 ratio
- Northern America 1 ratio
- Europe and Northern America 1 ratio
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 1 ratio
- Eastern Asia 1 ratio
- South-Eastern Asia 1 ratio
- Northern Africa 0.99 ratio
- World 0.98 ratio
- Southern Asia 0.97 ratio
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 0.97 ratio
- Central and Southern Asia 0.97 ratio
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 0.96 ratio
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.96 ratio
- Western Asia 0.94 ratio
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.94 ratio